# Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Spirulina Extract; Confirmation of Effective Date
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule; confirmation of effective date. · Published 2014-06-11 · Effective 2014-04-11 · 79 FR 33431
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-13524
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 33431
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2014-06-11
- **Effective date:** 2014-04-11
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2012-C-0900
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of May 13, 2014, for the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of April 11, 2014, and that amended the color additive regulations to expand the permitted use of spirulina extract made from the dried biomass of the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis (A. platensis) as a color additive in food.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/06/11/2014-13524/listing-of-color-additives-exempt-from-certification-spirulina-extract-confirmation-of-effective)
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