Petition(s): CAP 0C0316

Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Spirulina Extract

• Petitioner: GNT USA, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-2020-C-1309
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) extract as a color additive in alcoholic beverages with less than 20 percent alcohol-by-volume content, non-alcoholic beverages, condiments and sauces, dips, dairy product alternatives (identified as non-dairy yogurt alternatives, non-dairy frozen desserts, and non-dairy puddings), salad dressings, and seasoning mixes (unheated).
• 21 CFR* affected: 73.530 Spirulina extract.
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): Spirulina extract
• Federal Register publication history: May 8, 2020 85 FR 27340 Notification of petition ; Nov 10, 2022 87 FR 67785 Final Rule Dec 13, 2022 ; Mar 16, 2023 88 FR 16182 Final rule; confirmation of effective date. Dec 13, 2022

 

*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)