Thanks to a helpful petition from colors supplier GNT USA (Tarrytown, NY), FDA now permits spirulina as a colorant for food products. The rule is effective on May 13, 2014, and it overrides previous legislation that restricted spirulina as a colorant to candies and gums.
FDA now permits spirulina as a colorant for food products, thanks to a helpful petition from colors supplier GNT USA (Tarrytown, NY). FDA's rule is effective May 13, 2014, and it overrides previous legislation that restricted spirulina as a colorant to candies and gums.
DOJ asks Utah court to dismiss FTC lawsuit against Xlear Inc.
March 11th 2025On March 10, the DOJ and the defendant filed a stipulation to dismiss with prejudice the lawsuit in which each party agrees “to be responsible for its own costs and fees and agrees that no party shall be responsible to any other party for any fines, costs, fees, or penalties arising from this case.”
HHS announces efforts to eliminate independent conclusion of GRAS
Published: March 11th 2025 | Updated: March 11th 2025U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is directing the acting U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) acting commissioner to explore rulemaking that would eliminate the independent conclusion of GRAS provision.