[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: 00-21057]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 98F-1193]


Troy 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 7B4533) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of 3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl 
carbamate as a fungicidal additive for wood products intended to 
contact food.

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 December 24, 1998 (63 FR 71295), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 7B4533) had been filed by Troy Corporation, c/o 
S.L. Graham & Associates, 1801 Peachtree Lane, Bowie, MD 20721. The 
petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 178.3800 Preservatives for wood (21 CFR 178.3800) to provide for 
the safe use of 3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl carbamate as a fungicidal 
additive for wood products intended to contact food. Troy Corporation 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: July 26, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-21057 Filed 8-17-00; 8:45 am]
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