- Topic
- Product safety
- Regulator
- FDA
- Published
- 10 November 2026
- For
- Imports
- Where it applies
- United States
From the notice
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is partially granting a color additive petition submitted by the International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM or petitioner), by amending our color additive regulations, on the basis of abandonment, to remove the authorized uses of methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, and ethylene dichloride from the list of authorized extraction solvents for annatto extract, paprika oleoresin, and turmeric oleoresin. The petitioner provided data demonstrating that these uses have been permanently abandoned. FDA is denying as moot the portion of the petition proposing that the color additive regulations be amended, on the basis of abandonment, to no longer authorize the use of methylene chloride as a diluent in color additive mixtures in inks for marking fruit and vegetables. This request is moot because the authorization for this use has been removed, on the basis of the Delaney Clause, in response to a separate petition.
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