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Ecoflora Cares; Filing of Color Additive Petition

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 4, 2026. Document 2026-04288. Updated Nov. 14, 2026.

What it does

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Ecoflora Cares, c/o Exponent, Inc., proposing that we amend our color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of jagua (genipin-glycine) blue as a color additive in pet foods at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice.

The Food and Drug Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

21 CFR 73

What happens next and when

The color additive petition was filed on February 24, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-04288
ActionNotification of petition.
AgenciesHealth and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
PublishedMarch 4, 2026
DocketFDA-2026-C-2014

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