Listing of Color Additives for Coloring Sutures; D&C Violet No. 2; Confirmation of Effective Date
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 2000-09-28 · Effective 2000-08-29 · 65 FR 58221
Document
Document number
00-24877
Federal Register citation
65 FR 58221
CFR reference
21 CFR 74
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; confirmation of effective date.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
2000-09-28
Effective date
2000-08-29
HHS docket
Docket No. 99C-1455
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the effective date of August 29, 2000 (65 FR 46342), for the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of July 28, 2000, and that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of D&C Violet No. 2 as a color additive in absorbable sutures prepared from homopolymers of glycolide for general surgery. The agency also revised the nomenclature "polyglactin 910 (glycolic-lactic acid polyester)" to the generic nomenclature "copolymers of 90 percent glycolide and 10 percent L-lactide."