Revocation of the Color Additive Listing for Use of Orange B on Casings or Surfaces of Frankfurters and Sausages

What it does

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is issuing an order to repeal the color additive regulation that allows for the use of Orange B for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages. We have determined that the authorized use of Orange B has been abandoned, and we have concluded that this color additive regulation is outdated and unnecessary. Therefore, FDA is revoking the authorized use in food of Orange B in the color additive regulations.

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

What changed in the regulation

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

21 CFR 74

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Food and Drug Administration has published 100 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 68 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This order is effective September 8, 2026. If any provisions are delayed or stayed by the filing of proper objections, FDA will publish such notification in the Federal Register. Submit either electronic or written objections and requests for a hearing on the order by August 24, 2026. See section VII for further information on the filing of objections.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FDA-2025-C-3543 on Regulations.gov
• Title 21 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register