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........ rit .............. ......... I *f.::-*.** ......... ---'---- • ~.oe • ,.... ~. ~emmme -~ *L- um 7 ebrua 1985 Mr X K Plllal ~ir Sultan Tctacco Company 500 020AP t Follod~ receipt of your letter to ~z Gannmay, the AGP has the question of alet~/lene glFcol usage. ~e viw of the Panel =matnJ ~.~ it m=]mm~ t~at diethFlene glycol not be urea I an a~litive to t~o, whether for solvent or h~=~---tant l~cms. The Panel ~ re=xjnim b~at suitable alternatives nay. not alwalm be available and in these ¢dxcmm~ o~es may. have to consider using diethylene ~lycol. F~om the available evidence, the Panel has suggested that an apiEopriate level would be a maximum of O.5% DB3 by weight of tobacco for cigarettes. Our suggestlorm thet"ofo~'e are: 1. ~e~-ev~r possible, avoid using ~BG albxjether. 2. If It hutobeused, control toamaxim~ofO.Stb~mixturewlth othe~acceptable~. 3. Only utmn the ai:cwe am ~cmble o~si~.: using lemls higher than O.5t. The info~ation proviaed relatieg to the chaeg~ ~ in hu~ecum~ indicate that both pr~lene glycol and sorbitol are available. Please let us know ~hat action 1~u ~ to take in the light of the above C:D Q • 0,, Cr,, " t.Y~

%. 14r K K PiJ, Lal -2- 7 l'eb~-u~ 1985 - ° • s bac~Lmd Infommatlcn, yc~ she-ld kno~ that alo~1~ gI~I is a l~slttsd additive in the ~. nc~ is it aL1cumd fcc ~coda in the ~. ~tr~t, it is ~ f~ ~ ~ in ~, subject only f~ m~ of ~it~le purit~ be~ uud. ~Ith klna xx~jax-ds, Yc~cs s~z~ct~ly T G p~Lt~.LI C C C~ O" O" O"