[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01106]
[[Page 4196]]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 73
[Docket No. FDA-2020-C-2131]
Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Jagua
(Genipin-Glycine) Blue; Confirmation of Effective Date
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the
effective date of December 4, 2023, for the final rule that appeared in
the Federal Register of November 3, 2023, and that amended the color
additive regulations to provide for the safe use of jagua (genipin-
glycine) blue as a color additive in various food categories at levels
consistent with good manufacturing practice.
DATES: The effective date of December 4, 2023, for the final rule
published in the Federal Register of November 3, 2023 (88 FR 75490) is
confirmed.
ADDRESSES: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov and insert the
docket number found in brackets in the heading of this final rule into
the ``Search'' box and follow the prompts, and/or go to the Dockets
Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shayla West-Barnette, Office of Food
Additive Safety (HFS-255), Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park,
MD 20740, 240-402-1262.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of November 3, 2023
(88 FR 75490), we amended the color additive regulations to add Sec.
73.225 (21 CFR 73.225), ``Jagua (genipin-glycine) blue,'' to provide
for the safe use of jagua (genipin-glycine) blue as a color additive at
levels consistent with good manufacturing practice in flavored milk;
dairy drinks and substitutes; dairy and dairy alternative yogurt; ice
cream, frozen dairy and dairy alternative desserts, puddings, gelatins,
ices, sorbets; ready-to-eat multicolored cereals; flavored potato
chips, tortilla, corn, and other chips; candy and chewing gum; non-
alcoholic fruit based/flavored drinks, nutritional beverages and
smoothies; flavored cream cheese-based spreads; and icings, frostings,
jams, syrups, and fruit toppings and fillings.
We gave interested persons until December 4, 2023, to file
objections or requests for a hearing. We received no objections or
requests for a hearing on the final rule. Therefore, we find that the
effective date of the final rule that published in the Federal Register
of November 3, 2023, should be confirmed.
List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 73
Color additives, Cosmetics, Drugs, Foods, Medical devices.
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Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321, 341, 342, 343, 348, 351, 352, 355, 361, 362, 371, 379e) and under
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, we are
giving notice that no objections or requests for a hearing were filed
in response to the November 3, 2023, final rule. Accordingly, the
amendments issued thereby became effective December 4, 2023.
Dated: January 17, 2024.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-01106 Filed 1-22-24; 8:45 am]
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