# Sensient Colors, LLC; Filing of Color Additive Petition
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Notification of petition. · Published 2018-11-13 · 83 FR 56258
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-24662
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 56258
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2018-11-13
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2018-C-4117
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Sensient Colors, LLC, proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of an aqueous extract of butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea) as a color additive in various food categories, at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/11/13/2018-24662/sensient-colors-llc-filing-of-color-additive-petition)
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