Food additive petitions: Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc.; withdrawn,

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 91F-0392]

Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal of a food additive petition (FAP 1B4273) proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of 2,4,4'-trichloro-2-hydroxydiphenyl ether as an antimicrobial agent in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride gloves for food-contact use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Julius Smith, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St., SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3091.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal Register of November 6, 1991 (56 FR 56656), FDA announced that a food additive petition (FAP 1B4273) had been filedby Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc., P.O. Box 346, Andrews, SC 29510. The petition proposed to amend the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of 2,4,4'-trichloro-2-hydroxydiphenyl ether as an antimicrobial agent in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride gloves for food-contact use.

On August 3, 1996, the Food Quality Protection Act (Pub. L. No. 104-170), which amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act), transferred from FDA the regulatory authority over the petitioned use of this substance as a food additive under section 409 (21 U.S.C. 348) of the act to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a pesticide chemical under section 408 (21 U.S.C. 346a) of the act, as amended.

In response to a request by the petitioner, which was prompted by the change in regulatory authority over the antimicrobial substance that is the subject of this petition, FDA transferred the records for Food Additive Petition 1B4273, including all of FDA's reviews of information in the petition, to EPA. Phoenix Medical Technology, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition.

Dated: May 21, 1998. Laura M. Tarantino, Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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