[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 24564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09715]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2017-F-0969]


Canadian Oilseed Processors Association; Withdrawal of Food 
Additive Petition (Animal Use)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification; withdrawal of petition.

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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 2299) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of spent bleaching clay as a flow 
agent in canola meal for all livestock and poultry species. 
Additionally, the petition proposed that the regulations be amended to 
provide for the safe use of silicon dioxide and diatomaceous earth as 
components of spent bleaching clay.

DATES: The food additive petition was withdrawn on January 12, 2021.

ADDRESSES: For access to the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov 
and insert the docket number, found in brackets in the heading of this 
document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the prompts, and/or go to 
the Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, 
MD 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsea Cerrito, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine, HFV-221, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rm. 
2684, Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6729, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register on April 18, 2017 (82 FR 18268), FDA announced that we had 
filed a food additive petition (FAP 2299), submitted by Canadian 
Oilseed Processors Association, 404-167 Lombard Ave., Winnipeg MB R3B 
0T6, Canada. The petition proposed to amend part 573 of title 21 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Food Additives Permitted in Feed and 
Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR part 573), to provide for the safe 
use of spent bleaching clay as a flow agent in canola meal for all 
livestock and poultry species. Additionally, the submission proposed 
that the existing regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 
silicon dioxide (21 CFR 573.940) and diatomaceous earth (21 CFR 
573.340) for use as components of spent beaching clay. The Canadian 
Oilseed Processors Association has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 571.7).

    Dated: April 30, 2021.
Lauren K. Roth,
Acting Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-09715 Filed 5-6-21; 8:45 am]
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