[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10808-10809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4972]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
[Docket Nos. FDA-2005-C-0245, FDA-2005-C-0416, and FDA-2005-C-0504]
(formerly Docket Nos. 2005C-0302, 2005C-0303, and 2005C-0304)
CIBA Vision Corp.; Withdrawal of Color Additive Petitions
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 three color
additive petitions (CAP 5C0278, CAP 5C0279, and CAP 5C0280) proposing
that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe
use of Color Index (C.I.) Pigment Violet 19, C.I. Pigment Yellow 154,
and C.I. Pigment Red 122 as color additives in contact lenses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Johnston, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1282.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of August 17, 2005 (70 FR 48426), FDA announced that three
color additive petitions had been filed by CIBA Vision Corp., 11460
Johns Creek Pkwy., Duluth, GA 30097-1556. The petitions proposed to
amend the color additive regulations in Part 73 Listing of Color
Additives Exempt from Certification (21 CFR part 73) to provide for the
safe use of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 (CAP 5C0278, Docket No. FDA-2005-C-
0245), C.I. Pigment Yellow 154 (CAP 5C0279, Docket No. FDA-2005-C-
0416), and C.I. Pigment Red 122 (CAP 5C0280, Docket No. FDA-2005-C-
0504) as color additives in contact lenses. CIBA Vision Corp. has now
withdrawn the petitions without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR
71.6(c)(2)).
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Dated: February 18, 2010.
Mitchell A. Cheeseman,
Acting Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 2010-4972 Filed 3-8-10; 8:45 am]
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