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Filing of Color Additive Petition From the International Association of Color Manufacturers; Request To Amend the Color Additive Regulations To Remove the Solvents Methylene Chloride, Trichloroethylene, and Ethylene Dichloride
The Food and Drug Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on April 1, 2026. Comments closed on June 1, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a color additive petition, submitted by the International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM or petitioner), proposing that we amend the color additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of three specified solvents (methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, and ethylene dichloride) for preparing certain color additives because these uses have been permanently abandoned.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-06295
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notification of petition
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Published
- April 1, 2026
- Comments due
- June 1, 2026
- Dates
- The color additive petition was filed on March 20, 2026. Submit either electronic or written comments by June 1, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FDA-2026-C-3071
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 73
- Pages
- 4
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