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

What it does

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of September 8, 2026, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of July 23, 2026, and that repealed the color additive regulation that allows for the use of Orange B for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages.

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 103 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

The effective date of September 8, 2026, for the final order published in the Federal Register of July 23, 2026 (91 FR 46276) is confirmed.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 21 on eCFR

The record as published

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