Petition(s): CAP 8C0262

Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments

• Petitioner: EM Industries, Inc.
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-1998-C-0045 (1998C-0790) (98C-0790)
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of titanium dioxide coated mica-based pearlescent pigments as color additives in food.
• 21 CFR* affected: 73.350 Mica-based pearlescent pigments.
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): mica-based pearlescent pigments
• Federal Register publication history: Sep 25, 1998 63 FR 51359 Notice ; Jun 21, 1999 64 FR 33097 Notice (Amendment) ; Jun 2, 2006 71 FR 31927 Final Rule Jul 5, 2006 ; Apr 8, 2010 75 FR 17939 Notice Withdrawal of Color Additive Petition

 

*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)