Description
This guidance represents the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) current thinking on this topic. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if the approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations. If you want to discuss an alternative approach, contact the FDA staff responsible for implementing this guidance. If you cannot identify the appropriate FDA staff, call the appropriate number listed on the title page of this guidance.
Scope & Applicability
Product Classes
2Food ingredients that are color additives subject to statutory and regulatory provisions
Substances for which toxicological principles for safety assessment are issued.
Regulatory Context
Attributes
2Calculated as (number of pregnancies/number of matings) X 100.
Represents the highest probable risk to human health.
Related CFR Sections (1)
- 21CFR170.3§ 170.3 Definitions.
For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions apply:Read full regulation →
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- 2024-09-11
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- 2023-10-31
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See Also (8)
- Redbook 2000: I Introduction (Status: Final)
- Redbook 2000: III Recommended Toxicity Studies (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Recommendations for Submission of Chemical and Technological Data for Direct Food Additive Petitions (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Assessing the Effects of Significant Manufacturing Process Changes, Including Emerging Technologies, on the Safety and Regulatory Status of Food Ingredients and Food Contact Substances, Including Food Ingredients that Are Color Additives (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Product Categories (2016 Edition) (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Frequently Asked Questions About GRAS for Substances Intended for Use in Human or Animal Food (Status: Final)
- Evidentiary Expectations for 510(k) Implant Devices: Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (Status: Draft)
- Redbook 2000: IV.C.9.b. Guidelines for Developmental Toxicity Studies (Status: Final)