[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6367]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 83F-0164]


Nalco 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 2B3627) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole as 
a component of adhesives and paper and paperboard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julius Smith, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW.,Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of June 17, 1983 (48 FR 27834), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2B3627) had been filed by Calgon Corp., Box 
1346, Pittsburgh, PA 15320. (Calgon Corp. was subsequently purchased by 
Nalco Chemical Co.) 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) to provide for 
the safe use of 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole as a component of paper 
and paperboard for use in food contact applications and that Sec.  
175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 175.105) be amended to provide for the safe 
use of 2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole as a component of adhesives. Nalco 
Chemical Co. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: February 27, 2001.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 01-6367 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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