Petition(s): CAP 6C0307

Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Calcium Carbonate

• Petitioner: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
• Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): FDA-2016-C-2767
• Subject additive and intended use: amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of calcium carbonate to color hard and soft candy, mints, and chewing gum.
• 21 CFR* affected: 73.70 Calcium carbonate
• Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): Calcium carbonate, (471-34-1)
• Federal Register publication history: Oct 7, 2016 81 FR 69740 Notice of petition ; Nov 7, 2017 82 FR 51554 Final Rule Dec 8, 2017 ; Jan 31, 2018 83 FR 4423 Final Rule; Confirmation of Effective Date Dec 8, 2017

 

*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)