[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58557-58558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24959]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 98F-0290]


The Dow Chemical 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 8B4586) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of certain olefin basic copolymers, 
derived from ethylene and alpha monomers with eight or fewer carbon 
atoms, as articles or as components of articles intended for use in 
contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hortense S. Macon, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3086.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 7, 1998 (63 FR 25212), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 8B4586) had been filed by the Dow Chemical Co., 
2030 Dow Center, Midland, MI 48674. The petition proposed to amend the 
food additive

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regulations in Sec. 177.1520 Olefin polymers (21 CFR 177.1520) to 
provide for the safe use of certain olefin basic copolymers derived 
from ethylene and alpha monomers with eight or fewer carbon atoms, as 
articles or as components of articles intended for use in contact with 
food. The Dow Chemical Corporation has now withdrawn the petition 
without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: September 8, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-24959 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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