[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 43024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17603]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99F-1879]


BetzDearborn; 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 9B4671) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of 2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol 
as an antimicrobial for use in food-contact paper and paperboard.

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 June 22, 1999 (64 FR 33306), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 9B4671) had been filed by BetzDearborn, 4636 
Somerton Rd., Trevose, PA 19053. 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-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol as an 
antimicrobial for use in food-contact paper and paperboard. 
BetzDearborn has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 23, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-17603 Filed 7-11-00; 8:45 am]
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