[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 43025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 90F-0116]


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 0B4197) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to permit the additional use of ammonium bis (N-ethyl-2 
perfluoroalkylsulfonamido ethyl) phosphates 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 April 16, 1990 (55 FR 14133), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 0B4197) 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 permit the 
additional use of ammonium bis (N-ethyl-2 perfluoroalkylsulfonamido 
ethyl) phosphates 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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. has now withdrawn the petition 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. 00-17604 Filed 7-11-00; 8:45 am]
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