[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 28163-28164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11499]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 173

[Docket No. FDA-2008-F-0462]


Zentox Corporation; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 8A4775) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of monochloramine as an 
antimicrobial agent in poultry process chiller water.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Kidwell, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 
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Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 240-402-1071.

DATES: May 14, 2013.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of September 3, 2008 (73 FR 51490), we announced that Zentox 
Corp., c/o Burdock Group, 801 North Orange Ave., suite 710, Orlando, FL 
32801, had filed a food additive petition (FAP 8A4775). The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in part 173--Secondary 
Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption (21 CFR 
part 173) to provide for the safe use of monochloramine as an 
antimicrobial agent in poultry process chiller water. Zentox Corp. has 
now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
171.7).

    Dated: May 9, 2013.
Dennis M. Keefe,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2013-11499 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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