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CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety
September 2008

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Petitions Currently Held in Abeyance

The petitions listed below are being held in abeyance by FDA. The abeyance category includes petitions that were filed and were found, after review by the Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS), to be deficient. OFAS will not actively work on petitions in abeyance. When all the information required to address the deficiency or deficiencies is provided, a petition will be refiled and assigned a new filing date.

This list is current as of September 3, 2008, and, therefore, does not reflect any change in status of the listed petitions and does not show any new petitions requested by the petitioner to be placed in abeyance after that date. This list will be updated approximately every other month.

Source Title
CRYOVAC NORTH AMERICA CAP 4C0276 SYNTHETIC IRON OXIDE FOR USE ON TRANSFER PACKAGING MATERIAL THAT WILL COLOR COOKED MEAT PRODUCTS
CIBA VISION CORP CAP 5C0278 USE OF C.I. PIGMENT VIOLET 19 AS A COLORANT IN CONTACT LENSES
CIBA VISION CORP CAP 5C0279 USE OF PIGMENT YELLOW 154 AS A COLORANT IN CONTACT LENSES (RELATED TO CAP 4C0274)
CIBA VISION CORP CAP 5C0280 USE OF C.I. PIGMENT RED 122 AS A COLORANT IN CONTACT LENSES (RELATED TO CAP 4C0275)
FOOD INGREDIENT SOLUTIONS CAP 6C0281 USE OF SODIUM COPPER CHLOROPHYLLIN TO INCLUDE FOODS GENERALLY (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, AND STANDARDIZED FOODS) AND TO INCLUDE FESCUE GRASS AS A PERMITTED SOURCE.
WARNER JENKINSON CO. INC. CAP 8C0261 REQUEST TO PROVIDE LISTING OF EXTERNAL D&C VIOLET NO. 2 FOR SAFE USE IN COLORING EXTERNALLY APPLIED DRUG PRODUCTS
EM INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED CENTER LABORATORIES DIVISION CAP 8C0262 USE OF PEARLESCENT PIGMENTS AS A COLOR ADDITIVE IN VARIOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS [IRON OXIDE PIGMENT]
ALPHA OMEGA TECHNOLOGY, INC. FAP 0M4181 COBALT-60 GAMMA RADIATION (3.0KGY) AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT FOR FRESH SEAFOOD
U S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FAP 1A2671 SODIUM NITRITE IN WHITE FISH
UNITED STATES HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES (BALTIMORE, MD) FAP 1M4246 THE USE OF LOW DOSE RADIATION TO SANITIZE SHELLFISH
ABBOTT LABORATORIES FAP 2A3672 CYCLAMATE (CYCLAMIC ACID, CALCIUM CYCLAMATE, AND SODIUM CYCLAMATE)
AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE FAP 2B4312 SINGLE-USE RUBBER THREADS USED IN THE PROCESSING AND PACKAGING OF FOODS, INCLUDING MEAT AND POULTRY
DURAND-WAYLAND, INC. AND SUNKIST GROWERS, INC. FAP 7M4768 USE OF NATURAL LIGHT LASER ETCHING PROCESS FOR FOOD LABELING
GENERAL MILLS, INC FAP 7M4770 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION FOR TREATMENT OF AQUEOUS SUGAR SOLUTIONS AND POTABLE WATER FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD FOR THE REDUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS
LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC. FAP 8A4772 USE OF CASSIA GUM AS A STABILIZER IN FROZEN DAIRY DESSERTS AND TO IMPROVE TEXTURE AND WATER RETENTION IN CHEESES, MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS
COMBE, INC CAP 8C0286 BISMUTH CITRATE (2%) FOR COSMETIC USE INTENDED FOR PROGRESSIVE COLORING OF HAIR ON THE SCALP
DEVRO, INC& TEEPAK, INC GRP 2G0280 GLUTARALDEHYDE-CROSSLINKING AGENT IN MANUFACTURE OF EDIBLE COLLAGEN SAUSAGE CASINGS (FORMERLY FAP 1A3566 AND GRP 0G0267)
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