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FEDERAL REGISTER · PROPOSED RULEMay 28, 2026

Color Additive Petition from Environmental Defense Fund, et al.; Request To Amend the Color Additive Regulations To Remove the Solvents Ethylene Dichloride, Methylene Chloride, and Trichloroethylene; Reopening of the Comment Period

Document type
Proposed Rule
Agency
Health and Human Services Department
Published
May 28, 2026
Comments close
June 29, 2026
Document number
2026-10614
ABSTRACT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is reopening the comment period for the notification of petition, published in the Federal Register of January 11, 2024, announcing that we filed a color additive petition proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to remove three specified solvents. FDA is reopening the comment period to allow for the submission of any updated data and other information over the last two years.

Abstract as published in the Federal Register.

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