[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 90F-0157]


Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.; 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 0B4206) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of a perfluoroalkyl acrylate 
copolymer, produced by the copolymerization of ethanaminium, N,N,N-
trimethyl-2-[(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-propenyl)oxy]-, chloride; 2-propenoic 
acid, 2-methyl-, oxiranylmethyl ester; 2-propenoic acid, 2-ethoxyethyl 
ester; and 2-propenoic acid, 2[[(heptadecafluorooctyl) 
sulfonyl]methylamino] ethyl ester, as a component of paper and 
paperboard in contact with nonalcoholic foods at high temperatures, 
including the use in microwave heat susceptor packaging.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward J. Machuga, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3085.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 22, 1990 (55 FR 21102), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 0B4206) had been filed by Minnesota Mining and 
Manufacturing Co., 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 55144-1000. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe 
use of perfluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer, produced by the 
copolymerization of ethanaminium, N,N,N-trimethyl-2-[(2-methyl-1-oxo-2-
propenyl)oxy]-, chloride; 2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, oxiranylmethyl 
ester; 2-propenoic acid, 2-ethoxyethyl ester; and 2-propenoic acid, 
2[heptadecafluorooctyl) sulfonyl] methylamino] ethyl ester, as a 
component of paper and paperboard in contact with nonalcoholic foods at 
high temperatures, including the use in microwave heat susceptor 
packaging. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. has now withdrawn the 
petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 22, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-17602 Filed 7-11-00; 8:45 am]
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