# Listing of Color Additives For Coloring Meniscal Tacks; D&C Violet No. 2
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1999-06-18 · Effective 1999-07-20 · 64 FR 32803
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-15512
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 32803
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 74
- **Publication date:** 1999-06-18
- **Effective date:** 1999-07-20
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 98C-0158
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of D&C Violet No. 2 to color absorbable meniscal tacks made from poly(L-lactic acid). This action responds to a petition filed by Linvatec Corp.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/06/18/99-15512/listing-of-color-additives-for-coloring-meniscal-tacks-dandc-violet-no-2)
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