Final Rules and Final Orders: Food Additives and Color Additives
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Petition(s): FDA action
Revocation of the Color Additive Listing for Use of Orange B on Casings or Surfaces of Frankfurters and Sausages
| Docket number (legacy and/or former docket number(s)): | FDA-2025-C-3543 |
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| Subject additive and intended use: | 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. |
| 21 CFR* removed: | 74.25; Orange B (regulation removed) |
| Substance(s)*, (CAS Registry® No.): |
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| Federal Register publication history: | Sep 17, 2025; 90 FR 44786; Proposed amendment; proposed order |
| Jul 23, 2026; 91 FR 46276; Final amendment; order.; Effective date: Sep 8, 2026 |
*Definitions
- 21 CFR: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
- Substance: The name of the substance listed in the CFR.
- CAS Registry® No.: Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number® for the substance.
- Petitions (see also Questions and Answers About the Petition Process)
- FAP: Food Additive Petition
- CAP: Color Additive Petition
- GRP: GRAS Affirmation Petition (replaced by GRAS Notification Program in 1998)
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