[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 12805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4848]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 01F-0026]


Avecia, Inc.; 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 1B4726) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) 
hydrochloride as a preservative for food-contact paper coating 
formulations.

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 January 23, 2001 (66 FR 7498), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 1B4726) had been filed by Avecia, Inc., 1405 
Foulk Rd., P.O. Box 15457, Wilmington, DE 19850-5457. The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in Sec. 176.170 
Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty 
foods (21 CFR 176.170) and Sec. 176.180 Components of paper and 
paperboard in contact with dry food (21 CFR 176.180) to provide for the 
safe use of poly(hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride as a 
preservative for food-contact paper coating formulations. Avecia, Inc., 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: February 14, 2001.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 01-4848 Filed 2-27-01; 8:45 am]
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