# Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Spirulina Extract
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2013-08-13 · Effective 2013-09-13 · 78 FR 49117
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-19550
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 49117
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2013-08-13
- **Effective date:** 2013-09-13
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2011-C-0878
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of spirulina extract made from the dried biomass of the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis (A. platensis), as a color additive in candy and chewing gum. This action is in response to a petition filed by Mars, Inc.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/08/13/2013-19550/listing-of-color-additives-exempt-from-certification-spirulina-extract)
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