# Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments; Confirmation of Effective Date
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule; confirmation of effective date. · Published 2015-12-11 · Effective 2015-09-30 · 80 FR 76859
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-31232
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 76859
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2015-12-11
- **Effective date:** 2015-09-30
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2015-C-1154
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of November 2, 2015, for the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of September 30, 2015, and that amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments prepared from titanium dioxide and mica as a color additive in certain distilled spirits.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/12/11/2015-31232/listing-of-color-additives-exempt-from-certification-mica-based-pearlescent-pigments-confirmation-of)
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