Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Astaxanthin
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1995-11-01 · Effective 1995-11-01 · 60 FR 55446
Document
Document number
95-27033
Federal Register citation
60 FR 55446
CFR reference
21 CFR 73
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; response to objection and denial of the request for a hearing; removal of stay for certain provisions.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1995-11-01
Effective date
1995-11-01
HHS docket
Docket No. 87C-0316
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responding to an objection and is denying the request that it has received for a hearing on the final rule that amended the color additive regulations to authorize the use of astaxanthin as a color additive in the feed of salmonid fish to enhance the color of their flesh. The objection concerns a specification and the requirement for labeling of salmonid fish that have been fed feeds that contain the color additive. After reviewing the objection to the final rule, the agency has concluded that the objection does not raise issues of material fact that justify granting a hearing. The agency also is establishing a new effective date for these two provisions of this color additive regulation, which were stayed by a document that published on August 14, 1995.