# Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2006-06-02 · Effective 2006-07-05 · 71 FR 31927
## Document
- **Document number:** E6-8575
- **Category:** fda-food
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 71 FR 31927
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2006-06-02
- **Effective date:** 2006-07-05
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. 1998C-0790
## Abstract

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of titanium dioxide coated mica-based pearlescent pigments as color additives in food. This action is in partial response to a petition filed by EM Industries, Inc.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/06/02/E6-8575/listing-of-color-additives-exempt-from-certification-mica-based-pearlescent-pigments)
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