# Listing of Color Additives Exempt from Certification; Canthaxanthin
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1998-03-27 · Effective 1998-04-28 · 63 FR 14814
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-8127
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 14814
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 1998-03-27
- **Effective date:** 1998-04-28
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 93C-0248
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of canthaxanthin 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 BASF Corp.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/27/98-8127/listing-of-color-additives-exempt-from-certification-canthaxanthin)
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