Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Soy Leghemoglobin
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 2019-12-19 · Effective 2019-09-04 · 84 FR 69620
Document
Document number
2019-27173
Federal Register citation
84 FR 69620
CFR reference
21 CFR 73
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; response to objections and denial of public hearing requests; removal of administrative stay.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
2019-12-19
Effective date
2019-09-04
HHS docket
Docket No. FDA-2018-C-4464
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is responding to objections that it received from the Center for Food Safety on the final rule entitled "Listing of Color Additives Exempt from Certification; Soy Leghemoglobin," which published on August 1, 2019. The final rule amended the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of soy leghemoglobin as a color additive in ground beef analogue products. After reviewing the objections, FDA has concluded that the objections do not raise issues of material fact that justify a hearing or otherwise provide a basis for revoking the amendment to the regulations. We are also providing notice that the administrative stay of the effective date for this color additive regulation is now lifted.