Document ID: FDA-2014-F-0295-0002
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition
(Animal Use)
Posted Date: 2017-11-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 50598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23728]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2013-F-1539]

DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.; 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 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DATES: The food additive petition was withdrawn on September 13, 2017.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, [email protected].

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 DSM Nutritional Products, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition 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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