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Rule 29 May 2025 compliance, food safety, fda regulations, medical devices, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, foods, myoglobin, food processing

🍖FDA Confirms Myoglobin Color Additive Regulations for 2025

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of February 19, 2025, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of January 17, 2025. The final order amends the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of myoglobin as a color additive in ground meat and ground poultry analogue products.

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Rule 12 May 2025 compliance, fda, medical devices, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, foods, food regulation, calcium phosphate

🍗FDA Approves Calcium Phosphate as Safe Color Additive

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of calcium phosphate as a color additive in ready-to-eat chicken products, white candy melts, doughnut sugar, and sugar for coated candies. This action is in response to a color additive petition (CAP) filed by Innophos, Inc. (Innophos or petitioner).

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Rule 12 May 2025 compliance, regulation, fda, food, medical devices, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, foods, custody

🍉Galdieria Extract Blue Approved as Food Color Additive by FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of galdieria extract blue, derived from unicellular red algae (Galdieria sulphuraria), in various food categories at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP). We are taking this action in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Fermentalg (Fermentalg or petitioner).

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Rule 12 May 2025 manufacturing, food safety, fda regulations, medical devices, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, foods, butterfly pea flower extract

🌸FDA Expands Use of Butterfly Pea Flower Extract as Food Color Additive

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of butterfly pea flower extract as a color additive in ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips (restructured or baked), and plain corn chips, tortilla chips, and multigrain chips at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP). This action is in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Sensient Colors, LLC (Sensient or petitioner).

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Compliance, Industry Regulation 17 Jan 2025 compliance, fda regulations, medical devices, food additives, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, meat alternatives, foods, myoglobin

🥩FDA Regulation on Myoglobin as Color Additive for Meat Alternatives

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of myoglobin as a color additive in ground meat and ground poultry analogue products. We are taking this action in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Motif FoodWorks, Inc. (Motif FoodWorks or petitioner).

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