[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39699-39700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16884]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. FDA-2004-F-0069] (formerly Docket No. 2004F-0455)
Sterigenics International, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive
Petition
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 3M4744) proposing that the food additive regulations be
amended to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation in the
production of shelf stable foods, including multiple ingredient shelf
stable foods.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane A. Highbarger, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-255), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of November 30, 2004 (69 FR 69606), FDA announced that a food
additive petition (FAP 3M4744) had been filed by Sterigenics
International, Inc., P.O. Box 17349, Memphis, TN 31817-0349 (current
address 2015 Spring Rd., suite 650, Oak Brook, IL 60523). The petition
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 21 CFR part 179
Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food to
provide for the
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safe use of ionizing radiation in the production of fully cooked shelf
stable foods, including fully cooked multiple ingredient shelf stable
foods, where the absorbed dose required to cause a 12-log reduction in
Clostridium botulinum has been established. Sterigenics International,
Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future
filing (21 CFR 171.7).
Dated: June 30, 2010.
Mitchell A. Cheeseman,
Acting Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2010-16884 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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