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Color Additives and Cosmetics: Fact Sheet
	Color Additives Permitted for Use in Cosmetics (Table)
	Consumer Update: How Safe Are Color Additives?
	Color Additive Petitions: Information on the Color Additive Approval Process
	Import Alerts Related to Cosmetics
	Untitled Letter to BASF Regarding Mica-Based Pearlescent Pigments
	Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Labeling: Cochineal Extract and Carmine Declaration, Final Rule, January 5, 2009
	Guidance for Industry: Cochineal Extract and Carmine: Declaration by Name on the Label of All Foods and Cosmetic Products That Contain These Color Additives; Small Entity Compliance Guide
	Color Additives Listed for Use in Cosmetics: Exempt from Certification (21 CFR 73, Subpart C)
	Color Additives Listed for Use in Cosmetics: Subject to Certification (21 CFR 74, Subpart C)In Food

Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification; Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Labeling: Cochineal Extract and Carmine Declaration, Final Rule, January 5, 2009
	Guidance for Industry: Cochineal Extract and Carmine: Declaration by Name on the Label of All Foods and Cosmetic Products That Contain These Color Additives; Small Entity Compliance Guide
	Redbook 2000 Table of Contents: Guidance for Industry and Other Stakeholders
	Summary Table of Recommended Toxicological Testing for Additives Used in Food
	Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS)
	Consumer Update: How Safe Are Color Additives?
	FDA Advises Home and Commercial Bakers to Avoid Use of Non-Edible Food Decorative Products
	Color Additives Listed for Use in Food: Exempt from Certification (21 CFR 73, Subpart A)
	Color Additives Listed for Use in Food: Subject to Certification (21 CFR 74, Subpart A)In Medical Devices

Color Additives Listed for Use in Medical Devices (From the Code of Federal Regulations)
	Color Additives for Medical Devices
	PMA Special Considerations
	Preparing a Color Additive Petition for Submission to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition for Color Additives Used in or on Contact Lenses
	Color Additive Petitions (PDF Only)
	FDA Public Health Advisory: Subject: Reports of Blue Discoloration and Death in Patients Receiving Enteral Feedings Tinted With The Dye, FD&C Blue No. 1In Drugs

Color Additives Listed for Use in Drug (From the Code of Federal Regulations)
	Declaration of presence of FD&C Yellow No. 5 and/or FD&C Yellow No. 6 in certain drugs for human use (21 CFR 201.20)

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