Document ID: FDA-2014-F-0469-0002
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Excentials B.V.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)
Posted Date: 2018-03-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04775]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2014-F-0469]

Excentials B.V.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition (Animal 
Use)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification; withdrawal of petition for rulemaking.

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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 (animal use) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of L-selenomethionine as a dietary 
source of selenium in feed for poultry, swine, and ruminants.

DATES: The food additive petition was withdrawn on November 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: For access to the docket, 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, HFV-224, Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6729, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal 
Register on April 23, 2014 (79 FR 22602), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 2278) had been filed by Excentials B.V., 
Vierlinghstraat 51, 4251 LC Werkendam, The Netherlands. The petition 
proposed to amend part 573 of title 21 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water 
of Animals, to provide for the safe use of L-selenomethionine as a 
dietary source of selenium in feed for poultry, swine, and ruminants. 
Excentials B.V. has now withdrawn the petition without prejudice to a 
future filing in accordance with 21 CFR 571.7.

    Dated: March 6, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-04775 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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