[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 199 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 60968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26250]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 91F-0170]


W.R. Grace & 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 1B4257) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of styrene-n-butyl acrylate-acrylic 
acid terpolymer, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and sulfosuccinic acid 4-
ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt as 
components in can end cements in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of July 16, 1991 (56 FR 32435), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 1B4257) had been filed by W.R. Grace, Ltd., 
Cromwell Rd., St. Neots, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE 19 1QL, England 
(now W.R. Grace & Co., Darex Container Products, 62 Whittemore Ave., 
Cambridge, MA 02140). The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations in Sec. 175.300 Resinous and polymeric coatings (21 CFR 
175.300) to provide for the safe use of styrene-n-butyl acrylate-
acrylic acid terpolymer, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and sulfosuccinic 
acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt as 
components in can end cements in contact with food. W.R. Grace & Co. 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: September 26, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-26250 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am]
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