Notice: CIBA Vision Corp.; Withdrawal of Color Additive Petitions

Federal Register: March 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 45)            
                  Page 10808-10809

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of three color 
additive petitions (CAP 5C0278, CAP 5C0279, and CAP 5C0280) proposing 
that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe 
use of Color Index (C.I.) Pigment Violet 19, C.I. Pigment Yellow 154, 
and C.I. Pigment Red 122 as color additives in contact lenses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Johnston, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-265), Food and Drug Administration, 
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740-3835, 301-436-1282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 17, 2005 (70 FR 48426), FDA announced that three 
color additive petitions had been filed by CIBA Vision Corp., 11460 
Johns Creek Pkwy., Duluth, GA 30097-1556. The petitions proposed to 
amend the color additive regulations in Part 73 Listing of Color 
Additives Exempt from Certification (21 CFR part 73) to provide for the 
safe use of C.I. Pigment Violet 19 (CAP 5C0278, Docket No. FDA-2005-C-
0245), C.I. Pigment Yellow 154 (CAP 5C0279, Docket No. FDA-2005-C-
0416), and C.I. Pigment Red 122 (CAP 5C0280, Docket No. FDA-2005-C-
0504) as color additives in contact lenses. CIBA Vision Corp. has now 
withdrawn the petitions without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 
71.6(c)(2)).


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    Dated: February 18, 2010.
Mitchell A. Cheeseman,
Acting Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
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