Petition(s): CAP 8C0313

Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract

• Petitioner: Sensient Colors, LLC
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-2018-C-4117
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of an aqueous extract of butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea) as a color additive in various food categories at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice.
• 21 CFR* affected: 73.69 Butterfly pea flower extract
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): butterfly pea flower extract
• Federal Register publication history: Oct 4, 2018 83 FR 56258 Notification of petition ; Sep 2, 2021 86 FR 49230 Final Rule Oct 5, 2021 ; Dec 29, 2021 86 FR 73969 Final rule; confirmation of effective date Oct 5, 2021

 

*Definitions

• 21 CFR: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Substance: The name of the substance listed in the CFR.
• CAS Registry® No.: Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number® for the substance.
• Petitions (see also Questions and Answers About the Petition Process)
  • FAP: Food Additive Petition
  • CAP: Color Additive Petition
  • GRP: GRAS Affirmation Petition (replaced by GRAS Notification Program in 1998)