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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Food Additive and Color Additive Petitions Under Review or Held in Abeyance
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August 19, 2026

The following table is a listing of food additive and color additive petitions filed by FDA's Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS) that are either under active review or held in abeyance as of the date shown above. This list does not reflect petitions filed after that date, or any change in status for the listed petitions that has occurred after that date.

Abeyance is an administrative category of petitions that are filed but non-active because of deficiencies that were identified during FDA’s review. A petition remains in abeyance until either the petitioner provides OFAS with the required information, requests a final decision based on the data currently in the petition, or requests withdrawal of the petition. When the petitioner provides the information required to address all deficiencies, the petition may be refiled resulting in a new filing date.

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Petition Type/Number
(sorted A-Z) 		Status Petitioner Title
CAP 4C0327 under review Environmental Defense Fund, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, and Lisa Lefferts To amend the color additive regulations to remove the solvents ethylene dichloride, methylene chloride, and trichloroethylene
CAP 5C0340 under review International Association of Color Manufacturers To amend the color additive regulations to remove the solvents methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, and ethylene dichloride
FAP 4A4839 under review Environmental Defense Fund, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Working Group, and Lisa Lefferts To amend the food additive regulations to remove the solvents benzene, ethylene dichloride, methylene chloride, and trichloroethylene
Petition Type/Number
(sorted A-Z) 		Status Petitioner Title
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