Document ID: FDA-2014-F-2307-0003
Agency: fda
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Humic Product Trade Association; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition
(Animal Use)
Posted Date: 2018-07-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15394]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 573

[Docket No. FDA-2014-F-2307]

Humic Product Trade Association; Withdrawal of Food Additive 
Petition (Animal Use)

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification; withdrawal of petition.

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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 (FAP 2290) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of humate, fluvic acid, and humic 
substances as a source of iron in animal feed.

DATES: The food additive petition published on January 6, 2015 (80 FR 
422), was withdrawn on April 19, 2018.

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: Carissa Doody, Center for Veterinary 
Medicine (HFV-228), Food and Drug Administration, 7519 Standish Pl., 
Rockville, MD 20855, 240-402-6283, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice of petition published in the 
Federal Register on January 6, 2015 (80 FR 422), FDA announced that a 
food additive petition (FAP 2290) had been filed by Humic Products 
Trade Assn., P.O. Box 963, Spring Green, WI 53588. The petition 
proposed to amend part 573 Food Additives Permitted in Feed and 
Drinking Water of Animals (21 CFR part 573), to provide for the safe 
use of humate, fluvic acid, and humic substances as a source of iron in 
animal feed. Humic Products Trade Assn., has now withdrawn the petition 
without prejudice to a future filing in accordance with 21 CFR 571.7.

     Dated: July 13, 2018.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2018-15394 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
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