Description
In response to inquiries about the use of color additives as colorants in paper and paperboard intended for use in contact with food, FDA provides the following advice: (Note this advice is a clarification of advice issued as an advisory opinion by the Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs on September 18, 1979, (Docket Number 79A-0165/AP).
Scope & Applicability
Product Classes
1Intended for use in contact with food
Stakeholders
2Division of Enforcement (HFS-605) as to the status of the color additive
Office within CFSAN overseeing food additive safety evaluations
Identified Hazards
Hazards
1Colorants should not impart a color to the food by migration
Related CFR Sections (2)
- 21CFR176.170§ 176.170 Components of paper and paperboard in contact with aqueous and fatty foods.
Substances identified in this section may be safely used as components of the uncoated or coated food-contact surface of paper and paperboard intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packaging, processing, preparing, treating, packing, transporting, or holding aqueous and fatty foods, subject tRead full regulation →
- 21CFR81.1§ 81.1 Provisional lists of color additives.
The Commissioner of Food and Drugs finds that the following lists of color additives are provisionally listed under section 203(b) of the Color Additive Amendments of 1960 (sec. 203(b), 74 Stat. 405 ( 21 U.S.C. 379e note )). Except for color additives for which petitions have been filed, progress reRead full regulation →
See Also (8)
- Guidance for Industry: Color Additive Petitions - FDA Recommendations for Submission of Chemical and Technological Data on Color Additives for Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, or Medical Devices (Status: Final)
- Non-Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP) Monitor Guidance (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for Submission of Chemical and Technological Data for Direct Food Additive Petitions (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers About the Food Additive or Color Additive Petition Process (Status: Final)
- Color Additive Petitions - Medical Devices (Status: Final)
- Draft Guidance for Industry: Cosmetic Good Manufacturing Practices (Status: Draft)
- CVM GFI #223 Small Entity Compliance Guide Declaring Color Additives in Animal Foods (Status: Final)
- Using the Inactive Ingredient Database Guidance for Industry (Status: Draft)