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Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract; Confirmation of Effective Date

The Food and Drug Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 21, 2025. It took effect on June 26, 2025.

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What the agency says

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of June 26, 2025, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of May 12, 2025. The final order amends the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of butterfly pea flower extract as a color additive at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP) in: ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips (restructured or baked), and plain corn chips, tortilla chips, and multigrain chips.

Key facts

Document number: 2025-16045
Type: Final rule
Action: Final amendment; order; confirmation of effective date
Agency: Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
Published: August 21, 2025
Takes effect: June 26, 2025
Dates: The effective date of June 26, 2025, for the final order published in the Federal Register of May 12, 2025 (90 FR 20101), is confirmed.
Docket: Docket No. FDA-2024-C-0971
Code of Federal Regulations: 21 CFR 73
Topics: Color additives; Cosmetics; Drugs; Foods; Medical devices
Pages: 1

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