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                Ingredients, Additives, GRAS & Packaging Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information

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    PrintThis listing links to selected sections of Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR) and the Federal Register containing the regulations and rules appropriate for Food and Color Additive Petitions and Food Ingredient and Food Packaging Notifications.

21 CFR Part 25--Environmental Regulations
	21 CFR Part 58--Good Laboratory Practices for Non-clinical Studies
	21 CFR Part 70--Color Additives
	21 CFR Part 71--Color Additive Petitions
	21 CFR Part 73--Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification
	21 CFR Part 74--Listing Of Color Additives Subject To Certification
	21 CFR Part 80--Color Additive Certification
	21 CFR Part 81--General Specifications and General Restrictions for Provisional Color Additives for Use in Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics
	21 CFR Part 82--Listing of Certified Provisionally Listed Colors and Specifications
	21 CFR Parts 170--Food Additives (includes Threshold of Regulation and Premarket Notifications)
	21 CFR 170.39 Threshold of Regulation
		21 CFR 170.100 Premarket Notifications
	21 CFR Parts 171--Food Additive Petitions
	21 CFR Part 172--Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption
	21 CFR Part 173--Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
	21 CFR 174-179--Indirect Additives (includes the following)
	General Indirect Food Additives (21 CFR 174)
		Adhesives and Components of Coatings (21 CFR 175)
		Paper and Paperboard Components (21 CFR 176)
		Polymers (21 CFR 177)
		Adjuvants, Production Aids, and Sanitizers (21 CFR 178)
		Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food (21 CFR 179)
	21 CFR Part 180--Food Additives Permitted In Food Or In Contact With Food On An Interim Basis Pending Additional Study
	21 CFR Part 181--Prior-Sanctioned Food Ingredients
	21 CFR 182-186--Generally Recognized As Safe (includes the following)
	Substances GRAS in food (21 CFR 182)
		Substances affirmed as GRAS in food (21 CFR 184)
		Substances affirmed as GRAS for use in food packaging (21 CFR 186)
	21 CFR Part 189--Substances Prohibited From Use In Human Food

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      10/18/2017
              
              
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