[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8443]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration
[Docket No. 96G-0096]


The Flax Council of Canada; Withdrawal of GRAS Affirmation 
Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
withdrawal, without prejudice to a future filing, of a petition (GRASP 
5G0416) proposing to affirm that the use of low linolenic acid flaxseed 
oil is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as a food oil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lawrence J. Lin, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3103.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of March 27, 1996 (61 FR 13505), FDA announced that a petition 
(GRASP 5G0416) had been filed by the Flax Council of Canada, 465-167 
Lombard Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3B 0T6, Canada. This petition proposed that 
the use of low linolenic acid flaxseed oil as a food oil be affirmed as 
GRAS.
    The Flax Council of Canada has now withdrawn the petition without 
prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: March 17, 1999.
Eugene C. Coleman,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 99-8443 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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