Termination of Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Lead Acetate
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 2021-10-08 · Effective 2022-01-06 · 86 FR 56183
Document
Document number
2021-21892
Federal Register citation
86 FR 56183
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
2021-10-08
Effective date
2022-01-06
HHS docket
Docket No. FDA-2017-C-1951
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is responding to objections and a public hearing request that we received from Combe Inc., on the final rule entitled "Termination of Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Lead Acetate," which published on October 31, 2018. The final rule amended the color additive regulations to no longer provide for the safe use of lead acetate in cosmetics intended for coloring hair on the scalp. After reviewing the objections, we have concluded that the objections do not raise issues of material fact that justify a hearing. Therefore, the stay of the effectiveness for the repeal and delisting of the color additive regulation is now lifted, and we are amending the color additive regulations to no longer provide for the safe use of lead acetate in cosmetics intended for coloring hair on the scalp.