Gardenia Blue Interest Group; Filing of Color Additive Petition

The record

Publisher

Federal Register

Agency

Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration

Source

Federal Register

Kind

Federal Register: proposed rule

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Health

Importance

Notable, the middle of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields

Published (source time)

2026-08-19 (the source gives a date only)

First seen on Kresmion

2026-10-26 18:24 UTC

The original

• PDF (Federal Register)

Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). U.S. government work, public domain.

The publisher's summary

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Gardenia Blue Interest Group (GBIG or petitioner), c/o Exponent, Inc., proposing that we amend our color additive regulations to expand the safe use of gardenia (genipin) blue in various foods at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice. The petition also proposes to lower the specification for arsenic in gardenia (genipin) blue.

The publisher's words, as published.

Federal Register document

Document number

2026-16944

Document type

Proposed Rule

Status

Published