W.R. Grace & Co.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

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#  W.R. Grace & Co.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

**AGENCY:**

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

**ACTION:**

Notice.

**SUMMARY:**

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (FAP 1B4257) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of styrene- *n* -butyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymer, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt as components in can end cements in contact with food.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Andrew J. Zajac, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3095.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

In a notice published in the *Federal Register* of July 16, 1991 (56 FR 32435), FDA announced that a food additive petition (FAP 1B4257) had been filed by W.R. Grace, Ltd., Cromwell Rd., St. Neots, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE 19 1QL, England (now W.R. Grace & Co., Darex Container Products, 62 Whittemore Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140). The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in § 175.300 *Resinous and polymeric coatings* (21 CFR 175.300) to provide for the safe use of styrene- *n* -butyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymer, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one, and sulfosuccinic acid 4-ester with polyethylene glycol dodecyl ether, disodium salt as components in can end cements in contact with food. W.R. Grace & Co. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

Dated: September 26, 2000.

Alan M. Rulis,

Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.