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Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): CAP 9C0218

Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Diluents for Color Additive Mixtures: Calcium Disodium EDTA (Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetate) and Disodium EDTA (Disodiumethylenediaminetetraacetate)

Petitioner: Warner-Jenkinson Co.
Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): (89C-0506)
Subject additive and intended use: amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of calcium disodium EDTA (calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) and disodium EDTA (disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate) as diluents in color additive mixtures for use in food and ingested drugs
21 CFR* affected: 73.1; Diluents in color additive mixtures for food use exempt from certification
Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.):
  • disodium EDTA, (139-33-3)
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  • calcium disodium EDTA, (62-33-9)
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    Federal Register publication history: Jan 10, 1990; 55 FR 908; Notice
    Jul 21, 1992; 57 FR 32173; Final Rule; Effective date: Aug 21, 1992
    Dec 24, 1992; 57 FR 61292; Final Rule; confirmation of effective date; Effective date: Aug 21, 1992


     

    *Definitions

    • 21 CFR: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    • Substance: The name of the substance listed in the CFR.
    • CAS Registry® No.: Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number® for the substance.
    • Petitions (see also Questions and Answers About the Petition Process)
      • FAP: Food Additive Petition
      • CAP: Color Additive Petition
      • GRP: GRAS Affirmation Petition (replaced by GRAS Notification Program in 1998)
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