[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01106]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 73

[Docket No. FDA-2020-C-2131]


Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Jagua 
(Genipin-Glycine) Blue; Confirmation of Effective Date

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the 
effective date of December 4, 2023, for the final rule that appeared in 
the Federal Register of November 3, 2023, and that amended 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.

DATES: The effective date of December 4, 2023, for the final rule 
published in the Federal Register of November 3, 2023 (88 FR 75490) is 
confirmed.

ADDRESSES: 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 final rule 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: Shayla West-Barnette, Office of Food 
Additive Safety (HFS-255), Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 5001 Campus Dr., College Park, 
MD 20740, 240-402-1262.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of November 3, 2023 
(88 FR 75490), we amended the color additive regulations to add Sec.  
73.225 (21 CFR 73.225), ``Jagua (genipin-glycine) blue,'' to provide 
for the safe use of jagua (genipin-glycine) blue as a color additive at 
levels consistent with good manufacturing practice in flavored milk; 
dairy drinks and substitutes; dairy and dairy alternative yogurt; ice 
cream, frozen dairy and dairy alternative desserts, puddings, gelatins, 
ices, sorbets; ready-to-eat multicolored cereals; flavored potato 
chips, tortilla, corn, and other chips; candy and chewing gum; non-
alcoholic fruit based/flavored drinks, nutritional beverages and 
smoothies; flavored cream cheese-based spreads; and icings, frostings, 
jams, syrups, and fruit toppings and fillings.
    We gave interested persons until December 4, 2023, to file 
objections or requests for a hearing. We received no objections or 
requests for a hearing on the final rule. Therefore, we find that the 
effective date of the final rule that published in the Federal Register 
of November 3, 2023, should be confirmed.

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 73

    Color additives, Cosmetics, Drugs, Foods, Medical devices.

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Therefore, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321, 341, 342, 343, 348, 351, 352, 355, 361, 362, 371, 379e) and under 
authority delegated to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, we are 
giving notice that no objections or requests for a hearing were filed 
in response to the November 3, 2023, final rule. Accordingly, the 
amendments issued thereby became effective December 4, 2023.

    Dated: January 17, 2024.
Lauren K. Roth,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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