[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43324-43325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16162]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 02F-0142]


Cyanotech Corp.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY:  Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

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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 2A4732) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of Haematococcus algae astaxanthin 
as a nutrient supplement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James C. Wallwork, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3078.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of April 11, 2002 (67 FR 17700), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2A4732) had been filed by Cyanotech Corp., c/o 
T. Todd Lorenz, 11034 West Ocean Air Dr.,  252, San Diego, CA 
92130 (currently 73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Hwy.,  102, Kailua-
Kona, HI 96740). The petition proposed to amend the food additive 
regulations in Part 172 Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to 
Food for Human Consumption (21 CFR part 172) to provide for the safe 
use of Haematococcus algae astaxanthin as a nutrient supplement. 
Cyanotech Corp. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing (21 CFR 171.7(a)).

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Deputy Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 02-16162 Filed 6-26-02; 8:45 am]
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