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###### Department of Health and Human Services

###### Food and Drug Administration

          - 21 CFR Part 573
          - [Docket No. FDA-2013-F-1539]

# 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 D3, 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The food additive petition was withdrawn on September 13, 2017.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,                         *chelsea.trull@fda.hhs.gov.*

# 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 D3,                     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 DSM Nutritional Products, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 571.7).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.

[FR Doc. 2017-23728 Filed 10-31-17; 8:45 am]

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