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Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Ethyl Cellulose
The Food and Drug Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 7, 2024. It took effect on June 7, 2024. Comments closed on July 8, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we, or the Agency) is amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of ethyl cellulose as a matrix scaffolding for tracers, and the ethyl cellulose shall not exceed 80 percent of the tracer. This action is in response to a food additive petition filed by Micro-Tracers, Inc.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-12533
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Published
- June 7, 2024
- Takes effect
- June 7, 2024
- Comments due
- July 8, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective June 7, 2024. See section V, Objections and Hearing Requests, for further information on the filing of objections. Either electronic or written objections and requests for a hearing on the final rule must be submitted by July 8, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FDA-2023-F-0147
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 573
- Topics
- Food additives
- Pages
- 2
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