[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 16396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7538]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 79F-0401]


Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.; Withdrawal of Food Additive 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 food additive 
petition (FAP 0A3481) proposing that the food additive regulations be 
amended to provide for the safe use of methylene chloride as a solvent 
for decaffeinating tea.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rudolph Harris, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of November 23, 1979 (44 FR 67231), FDA announced that a food 
additive petition (FAP 0A3481) had been filed by Thomas J. Lipton, 
Inc., 800 Sylvan Ave., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. The petition 
proposed that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for 
the safe use of methylene chloride as a solvent for decaffeinating tea. 
Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., an operating division of Unilever, the 
successor to Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., has now withdrawn the petition 
without prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: March 15, 2000.
Laura M. Tarantino,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-7538 Filed 3-27-00; 8:45 am]
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