Petition(s): GRP 3G0396

Direct Food Substances Affirmed as Generally Recognized as Safe; Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Ferrous Lactate

• Petitioner: Purac America, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (93G-0017)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending its regulations to affirm that ferrous lactate is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) as a color fixative on ripe olives. The agency is adding this use of ferrous lactate as a color fixative on ripe olives to the other uses for ferrous lactate
• 21 CFR* affected: 184.1311 Ferrous lactate
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): ferrous lactate, (92542-68-2; 5905-52-2 (alternate RN))
• Federal Register publication history: Dec 27, 1993 58 FR 68437 Notice ; Aug 2, 1996 61 FR 40317 Final rule Aug 2, 1996

 

*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)