[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32682]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 98F-1199]


Avecia, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 7B4525) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of 2-methyl-4,5-trimethylene-4-
isothiazolin-3-one as a preservative for paper coatings intended for 
use in contact with aqueous food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark A. Hepp, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3098.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of January 6, 1999 (64 FR 884), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 7B4525) had been filed by Zeneca Biocides, 
Foulkstone 1405, 2d, 1800 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 
19850-5457. The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in 
contact with aqueous and fatty foods (21 CFR 176.170) to provide for 
the safe use of 2-methyl-4,5-trimethylene-4-isothiazolin-3-one as a 
preservative for paper coatings intended for use in contact with 
aqueous foods. Since publication of the filing notice, Zeneca Biocide's 
specialty chemicals group has been spun-off as Avecia, Inc., 1405 Foulk 
Rd., P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 19850-5457. Avecia, Inc., has now 
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: November 29, 1999.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-32682 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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