[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 199 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60968-60969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26252]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 94G-0267]


Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.; 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 
4G0407) proposing to affirm that the use of a triglyceride containing 
behenic and oleic acids is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as a 
tempering aid and as an antibloom agent in chocolate and chocolate 
coatings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Parvin M. Yasaei, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-215), Food and Drug Administration, 
200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal 
Register of August 17, 1994 (59 FR 42278), FDA announced that a 
petition (GRASP 4G0407) had been filed by Fuji Oil Co., Ltd., Osaka, 
Japan. This petition proposed that the use of a triglyceride containing 
behenic and oleic acids as a tempering aid and as an antibloom agent in 
chocolate and chocolate coatings be affirmed as GRAS. Fuji Oil Co., 
Ltd., has now withdrawn the petition without

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prejudice to a future filing (21 CFR 171.7).

    Dated: September 27, 2000.
Alan M. Rulis,
Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 00-26252 Filed 10-12-00; 8:45 am]
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