G/SPS/N/USA/3448  
19 March 2024  
(24-2401) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or 
cereal products, e.g. corn flakes; cereals (other than maize "corn") in  grain form or in the 
form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre -cooked or 
otherwise prepared, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 1904); Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other 
bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion waf ers, empty cachets of a 
kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products 
(HS code(s): 1905); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Sensient Colors, LLC.; Filing of Color Additive Petition; 
Notification of Petition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-08/pdf/2024 -02576.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/USA/24_02117_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administra tion (FDA or we) is announcing 
that we have filed a petition, submitted by Sensient Colors, LLC., proposing that we amend 
our color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of butterfly pea flower extract in 
ready -to-eat cereals, crackers and snack  mixes, and chips at levels consistent with good 
manufacturing practice.  
The color additive petition was filed on 5 December 2023.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant p est or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/USA/3448  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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:   
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to 
https://www.regulations.gov  and insert the docket number found in brackets in the 
heading of this document into the "Search" box and follow the prompts, and/or go to the 
Dockets Management Staff, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.  
For further information contact: Stephen DiFranco, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740, 
+(240) 402 2710.  
13. 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. 89, No. 27, Page 8537 or on the internet 
at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-08/pdf/2024 -02576.pdf