[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 20998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10540]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[Docket No. 88G-0388]
Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.; Filing of Petition for Affirmation of GRAS
Status; Amendment
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the filing
notice for a petition (GRASP 8G0348) filed by Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.,
proposing to affirm that cocoa butter substitutes from safflower oil
and sunflower oil are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use as
direct human food ingredients. This amendment is intended to clarify
that the sunflower and safflower oils used in the manufacture of the
petitioned cocoa butter substitute are the high-oleic rather than the
typical high-linoleic varieties.
DATES: Comments by July 12, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dockets Management Branch
(HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, rm. 1-23, 12420 Parklawn Dr.,
Rockville, MD 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nega Beru, Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition (HFS-206), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St.
SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-418-3097.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice published in the Federal
Register of January 26, 1989 (54 FR 3853), FDA announced that Fuji Oil
Co., Ltd., 6-1, Hachiman-cho, Minami-ku, Osaka 542 Japan, had filed a
petition (GRASP 8G0348) proposing to affirm that cocoa butter
substitutes from safflower oil and sunflower oil are GRAS for use as
direct human food ingredients. The agency recognizes that the terms
``safflower oil'' and ``sunflower oil'' normally refer to the
traditional high-linoleic varieties. However, the agency has determined
that the proposed starting materials for the manufacture of the
petitioned cocoa butter substitutes are the high-oleic rather than the
typical high-linoleic safflower or sunflower oils. Therefore, the
agency is amending the filing notice to make this distinction clear.
Interested persons may, on or before July 12, 1995, submit to the
Dockets Management Branch (address above) written comments with respect
to the above mentioned change only. Two copies of any comments are to
be submitted, except that individuals may submit one copy. Comment are
to be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document. A copy of the petition and received comments
may be seen in the Dockets Management Branch between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
Dated: April 19, 1995.
Alan M. Rulis,
Acting Director, Office of Premarket Approval, Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition.
[FR Doc. 95-10540 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]
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