[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 42788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15954]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket NO. 87F-0153]


Dow 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 7B3994), filed by Dow Chemical Co. proposing that the 
food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
hydrogen peroxide solution to sterilize vinylidene chloride-vinyl 
chloride copolymers in contact with food.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vir D. Anand, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of June 4, 1987 (52 FR 21122), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 7B3994) had been filed by Dow Chemical CO., 
Midland, MI 48674. The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulation Sec. 178.1005 Hydrogen peroxide solution (21 CFR 178.1005) 
to provide for the safe use of hydrogen peroxide solution to sterilize 
vinylidene chloride-vinyl chloride copolymers in contact with food. Dow 
Chemical Co. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: June 12, 2002.
George H. Pauli,
Acting Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 02-15954 Filed 6-24-02; 8:45 am]
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