[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4381]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 81F-0387]


Abbott Laboratories; 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 2B3593), filed by Abbott Laboratories, proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
cyclohexylsulfamic acid as a catalyst in resinous and polymeric 
coatings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julius Smith, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of January 19, 1982 (47 FR 2791), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2B3593) had been filed by Abbott Laboratories, 
North Chicago, IL 60064 (now 100 Abbott Park Rd., Abbott Park, IL 
60064-6091). The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations to provide for the safe use of cyclohexylsulfamic acid as a 
catalyst in resinous and polymeric coatings. Abbott Laboratories has 
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: January 29, 2002.
Leslye M. Fraser,
Acting Director of Regulations and Policy, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 02-4381 Filed 2-22-02; 8:45 am]
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