# Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Astaxanthin
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1995-04-13 · Effective 1995-05-16 · 60 FR 18736
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-9178
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 18736
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 1995-04-13
- **Effective date:** 1995-05-16
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 87C-0316
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of astaxanthin as a color additive in the feed of salmonid fish to enhance the color of their flesh. This action is in response to a petition filed by Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/04/13/95-9178/listing-of-color-additives-exempt-from-certification-astaxanthin)
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