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Friday Fun Thread for September 22, 2023

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Federal Register for 2023-09-19:

The Board of Tea Experts was established on March 2, 1897, by the Tea Importation Act of 1897. The Board was responsible for making recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury to fix and establish uniform standards of purity, quality, and fitness for consumption of all kinds of teas imported into the United States. The Board was terminated by the Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996. This document aligns FDA's list of standing advisory committees [in the Code of Federal Regulations] with existing law by removing the Board of Tea Experts.

It only took 27 years.

I think "aligns" is the key word here.

Perhaps there was a document or three floating around that was still binding, or some other contractual obligation.

Probably wanted to wait until the last board member retired?