G/SPS/N/USA/3036/Add.1  
 
13 September 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 13 September 2021, 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; Butterfly Pea Flower Extract; Final Rule  
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color  additive regulations to provide 
for the safe use of an aqueous extract of butterfly pea flower ( Clitoria ternatea ) as a color additive in 
various food categories at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice. We are taking this 
action in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Exponent, Inc., on behalf of Sensient 
Colors, LLC (Sensient).  
This rule is effective 5 October 2021. See section X for further information on the filing of objections. 
Submit either electronic or written obje ctions and requests for a hearing on the final rule by 4 October 
2021.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/USA/21_5681_00_e.pdf  
This addendum conc erns 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) : 4 October 2021 You may submit objections and requests for a hearing 
as follows. Please note that late, untimely filed objections will not be considered. 
Electronic objections must be submitted on or before 4 October 2021. 
The https://www.regulations.gov  electronic filing system will accept comments until 
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time at the end of 4 October 2021.  
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 G/SPS/N/USA/3036/Add.1  
 
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  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 identifies y ou in the body of your objection, that information will be 
posted on https://www.regulations.gov . 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 "). 
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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen DiFranco, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20740 -3835, 
+(240)  402 2 710  
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. 86, No. 168, page 49230  or on the internet at: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-09-02/pdf/2021 -18995.pdf   
 
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