Document ID: FDA-1986-F-0425-0004
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Ranks, Hovis, McDougall Research,
Ltd.; Withdrawal of Food Additive
Petition
Posted Date: 2022-05-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 26707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09609]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 172

[Docket No. FDA-1986-F-0425 (formerly Docket No. 1986F-0208)]

Ranks, Hovis, McDougall Research, Ltd.; Withdrawal of Food 
Additive Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification; withdrawal of petition.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a food additive 
petition (FAP 6A3930) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of mycoprotein, derived from 
Fusarium graminearum (taxonomically reclassified as Fusarium 
venenatum), as a source of protein in certain foods.

DATES: The food additive petition was withdrawn on February 28, 2022.

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: Paulette M. Gaynor, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus 
Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-1192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of May 30, 1986 (51 FR 19610),\1\ we announced that we had 
filed a food additive petition (FAP 6A3930), submitted by Ranks, Hovis, 
McDougall Research, Ltd., c/o 2550 M St. NW, Washington, DC 20037. 
Responsibility for the petition subsequently transferred to Marlow 
Foods Ltd. (currently Marlow Foods Ltd. dba Quorn Foods (Marlow) c/o 
1401 Eye St. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005). The petition 
proposed to amend the food additive regulations in 21 CFR part 172 to 
provide for the safe use of mycoprotein, derived from Fusarium 
graminearum (taxonomically reclassified as Fusarium venenatum), as a 
direct source of protein in certain foods. Marlow has now withdrawn the 
petition without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).
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    \1\ Although the filing notice refers to the subject as ``myco-
protein,'' we are using a nonhyphenated name (i.e., ``mycoprotein'') 
in this withdrawal notification.

    Dated: April 29, 2022.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-09609 Filed 5-4-22; 8:45 am]
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