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2012 Food and Color Additive Final Rules

One of the charges of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is to assure that the use of food ingredients and color additives is safe. The authority for this mission is derived from the 1958 food additive and 1960 color additive amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Towards this end, CFSAN evaluates new petitions to determine if substances are considered safe for addition to the food supply. When a petition for a food ingredient or color additive is approved, a regulation identifying the conditions of use is published in the Federal Register. For information about additional food ingredient review programs in the Office of Food Additive Safety, consult the Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substance (FCS) Notifications and the Summary of all GRAS Notices.
 

The following listing documents the Final rules issued by the Office of Food Additive Safety during calendar year 2012. The exact date of the Publication and the Federal Register citation is listed along with other identifying information that can be found in the published Federal Register document. A link in the column entitled Federal Register documents provides access to the text of the document.
 

For more information about the petition process, see Questions and Answers About the Petition Process. Final rules for years 2000-present are also available.
 


DATE		FEDERAL REGISTER CITATIONPETITION NUMBERDOCKET NUMBERSUBJECT
5/11/201277 FR 27586FAP 9M4673Docket No. FDA–1999-F-0021Final rule; denial of requests for a hearing and response to objections: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is denying requests for a hearing on the final rule that amended the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the control of microbial pathogens in seeds for sprouting. After reviewing objections to the final rule and requests for a hearing, FDA has concluded that the objections do not justify a hearing or otherwise provide a basis for revoking the regulation. 21 CFR 179.26
6/11/201277 FR 34212FAP 7M7468Docket No. FDA–2007–F–0390 (Formerly 2007F–0115) Final Rule; amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a carbon dioxide laser for etching information on the surface of fresh, intact citrus fruit. 21 CFR 179.43
7/06/2012
9/11/2012		77 FR 39921
77 FR 55693		CAP 1C0290Docket No. FDA–2011–C–0050 Final Rule; revising its requirements for D&C Red No. 6 and D&C Red No. 7 by replacing the current specification for ‘‘Ether-soluble matter’’ with a maximum limit of 0.015 percent for the recently identified impurity 1-[(4-methylphenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenol. 21 CFR 74.1306 and 74.1307

 

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