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DSM Biomedical; Filing of Color Additive Petition
The Food and Drug Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 23, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by DSM Biomedical, proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of phthalocyanine green to color surgical sutures made of ultra- high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) for use in general surgery, at a concentration of no more than 0.5 percent by weight of the suture.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-21684
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notification of petition
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Published
- September 23, 2024
- Dates
- The color additive petition was filed on August 15, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FDA-2024-C-4339
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 74
- Pages
- 1
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