[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 240 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99F-2535]


Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp; 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 9B4680) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the expanded safe use of 5,7-bis(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-3-hydroxy-2(3H)-benzofuranone, reaction products with o-
xylene as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer in olefin polymers, 
adhesives, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and ethylene-vinyl acetate 
copolymers intended for use in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Shanklin, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3093.
    (After December 14, 2001, the Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition's address will be: 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 
20740.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 6, 1999 (64 FR 42950), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 9B4680) had been filed by Ciba Specialty 
Chemicals Corp., 540 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591-9005. The 
petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 
Sec. 178.2010 Antioxidants and/or stabilizers for polymers (21 CFR 
178.2010) to provide for the expanded safe use of 5,7-bis(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-3-hydroxy-2(3H)-benzofuranone, reaction products with o-
xylene as an antioxidant and/or stabilizer for olefin polymers 
complying with 21 CFR 177.1520, adhesives complying with 21 CFR 
175.105, pressure-sensitive adhesives complying with 21 CFR 175.125, 
and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers complying with 21 CFR 177.1350 
intended for use in contact with food. Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. 
has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 
CFR 171.7).

    Dated: November 16, 2001.
L. Robert Lake,
Director of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 01-30765 Filed 12-12-01; 8:45 am]
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