[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 161 (Friday, August 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 50543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21008]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 93F-0360]


Cognis Corporation; 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 3B4400) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of pentaerythritol mixed esters of 
C16-18 fatty acids as a dispersant for titanium dioxide in 
polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene intended for contact with 
food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vivian M. Gilliam, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of October 29, 1993 (58 FR 58172), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 3B4400) had been filed by Henkel Corporation, 
300 Brookside Ave., Ambler, PA 19002-3498. The petition proposed to 
amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 
pentaerythritol mixed esters of C16-18 fatty acids as a 
dispersant for titanium dioxide in polyethylene, polypropylene, and 
polystyrene intended for contact with food. Henkel Corporation has 
since changed its name to Cognis Corporation. Cognis Corporation has 
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: August 1, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-21008 Filed 8-17-00; 8:45 am]
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