[Federal Register: November 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 222)]
[Notices]
[Page 65042]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 2006F-0058]
ARCH Chemicals, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition FAP
6B4764
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 6B4764) proposing that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of poly
(iminoimidocarbonyliminoimidocarbonyliminohexamethylene) hydrochloride
(CAS Reg No. 32289-58-0) as an antimicrobial agent in the manufacture
of food-contact paper and paperboard.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth S. Furukawa, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-275), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1216, e-
mail: Elizabeth.Furukawa@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of February 15, 2006 (71 FR 7975), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 6B4764) had been filed by ARCH Chemicals, Inc.,
1955 Lake Park Dr., suite 100, Smyrna, GA 30080. The petition proposed
to amend the food additive regulations in 21 CFR 176.170 Components of
paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods and 21 CFR
176.180 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry food to
provide for the safe use of poly
(iminoimidocarbonyliminoimidocarbonyliminohexamethylene) hydrochloride
(CAS Reg. No. 32289-58-0) as an antimicrobial agent in the manufacture
of food-contact paper and paperboard. ARCH Chemicals, Inc., has now
withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR
171.7).
Dated: November 9, 2007.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. E7-22536 Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]
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