FDA, color additives
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FDA’s recent focus on potentially harmful color additives in food products has expanded to the pharmaceutical sector. In May 2025, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Replacing Color Additives in Approved or Marketed Drug Products. This guidance signals ...
U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation's food supply. It comes after health officials pledged a sweeping phase-out of petroleum-based dyes widely used in foods from ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new color additives from natural sources “that will expand the palette of available colors from natural sources for manufacturers to safely use in food,” the agency said in a news release.
FDA’s draft guidance outlines a flexible approach that, under certain circumstances, allows applicants and manufacturers to replace a color additive in an approved or marketed drug product with one that conforms to FDA’s color additive regulations ...