[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13770-13771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6118]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 93F-0331]


Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 3B4397) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of dioctadecyldisulfide as an 
antioxidant and/or stabilizer in propylene polymers and copolymers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of October 15, 1993 (58 FR 53517), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4397) had been filed by Hoechst 
Aktiengesellschaft, c/o Keller and Heckman, 1001 G St. NW., suite 500 
West, Washington, DC 20001. The petition proposed to amend the food 
additive regulations in Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers 
for polymers (21 CFR 178.2010) to provide for the safe use of 
dioctadecyldisulfide as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in propylene 
polymers and copolymers. Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft has now withdrawn 
the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).


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    Dated: February 29, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-6118 Filed 3-13-00; 8:45 am]
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