DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)

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title: "DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)"
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#  DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)

**AGENCY:**

Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

**ACTION:**

Notification; withdrawal of petition for rulemaking.

**SUMMARY:**

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive petition (animal use) (FAP 2276) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of ethoxyquin in vitamin D formulations, including 25-hydroxyvitamin D <sub>3</sub> , used in animal food.

**DATES:**

The food additive petition was withdrawn on September 13, 2017.

**ADDRESSES:**

For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, 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 Trull, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6729, *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

In a notice published in the *Federal Register* of December 23, 2013 (78 FR 77384), we announced that we had filed a food additive petition (FAP 2276), submitted by DSM Nutritional Products, 45 Waterview Blvd., Parsippany, NJ 07054. The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 21 CFR part 573 *Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals* to provide for the safe use of ethoxyquin as a chemical preservative in vitamin D formulations, including 25-hydroxyvitamin D <sub>3,</sub> used in animal food. DSM Nutritional Products, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 571.7).

Dated: October 26, 2017.

Anna K. Abram,

Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis.