[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 11 (Friday, January 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3060-3061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-959]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2003-N-0103] (formerly Docket No. 2003N-0069)


Release of Task Force Report; Guidance for Industry and FDA: 
Interim Evidence-Based Ranking System for Scientific Data; Withdrawal 
of Guidance

AGENCY:  Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:  Notice; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
withdrawal of the guidance entitled ``Guidance for Industry and FDA: 
Interim Evidence-Based Ranking System for Scientific Data'' that was 
issued on July 10, 2003.

DATES:  The withdrawal is effective January 16, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Paula R. Trumbo, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-830), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD, 20740, 301-436-2579.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of July 11, 2003 (68 FR 41387), FDA announced the availability 
of a guidance entitled ``Guidance for Industry and FDA: Interim 
Evidence-Based Ranking System for Scientific Data.'' This guidance is 
being withdrawn because it is obsolete.

    Dated: January 13, 2009.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning.
[FR Doc. E9-959 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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