G/SPS/N/USA/3213/Add.1  
19 December 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 19 December 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Jagua (Genipin -Glycine) Blue; Final Rule  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide 
for the safe use of jagua (genipin -glycine) blue as a color additive in various food categories at levels 
consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP). We are taking this action in response to a color 
additive petition (CAP) submitted by Exponent, Inc. on behalf of Ecoflora SAS (Ecoflora).  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-03/pdf/2023 -24352.pdf  
https: //members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/USA/23_14749_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : This rule is effectiv e 4 December 2023.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] 
National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Submit electronic objections in the following way:  
− Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov . Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments. Objections submitted electronically, including attachments, to https:// 
www.regulations.gov will be posted to the docket unchanged. Because your objection will be made 
public, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your objection does not include any confidential 
information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such as medical information, your 
or anyone else's Social Security number, or confidential business information, such as a 
manufacturing process. Please note that if you include your name, contact information, or other 
information that i dentifies you in the body of your objection, that information will be posted on 
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  − If you want to submit an objection with confidential information that you do not wish to be made 
available to the public, submit the objection as a written/paper submission and in the manner 
detailed (see ''Written/Paper Submissions'' and ''Instructions'').  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Text can be found in the Federal Register, Vol. 88, No. 212, page 75490 or on the internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-11-03/pdf/2023 -24352.pdf  
 
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