[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 65358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27047]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 84F-0331]


Quest International; 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 4A3817) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of white mineral oil as a component 
of defoaming agents for use in the brewing of beer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Zajac, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
Paint Branch Pkwy, College Park, MD 20740, 202-418-3095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of October 25, 1984 (49 FR 42985), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 4A3817) had been filed by J. E. Siebel Sons' 
Co., 4055 West Peterson Ave., Chicago, IL 60646. The petition proposed 
to amend the food additive regulations in Sec.  173.340 Defoaming 
agents (21 CFR 173.340) to provide for the safe use of white mineral 
oil as defined by Sec.  172.878(a) as a component of defoaming agents 
for use in the brewing of beer. On June 5, 2002, Quest International, 
5115 Sedge Blvd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60192, informed FDA in writing 
that they had acquired J. E. Siebel Sons' Co. and had rights to FAP 
4A3817. Quest International has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: October 9, 2002.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 02-27047 Filed 10-23-02; 8:45 am]
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