[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR73.450]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 73_LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES EXEMPT FROM CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                             Subpart A_Foods
 
Sec. 73.450  Riboflavin.

    (a) Identity. (1) The color additive riboflavin is the riboflavin 
defined in the Food Chemicals Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), pp. 262-263, which 
is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the National 
Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20418, or may 
be examined at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol 
Street NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.
    (2) Color additive mixtures made with riboflavin may contain as 
diluents only those substances listed in this subpart as safe and 
suitable for use in color additive mixtures for coloring foods.
    (b) Specifications. Riboflavin shall meet the specifications given 
in the Food Chemicals Codex, 3d Ed. (1981), which is incorporated by 
reference. The availability of this incorporation by reference is given 
in paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (c) Uses and restrictions. Riboflavin may be safely used for the 
coloring of foods generally, in amounts consistent with good 
manufacturing practice; except that it may not be used to color foods 
for which standards of identity have been promulgated under section 401 
of the act, unless the use of added color is authorized by such 
standards.
    (d) Labeling. The label of the color additive shall conform to the 
requirements of Sec. 70.25 of this chapter.
    (e) Exemption from certification. Certification of this color 
additive is not necessary for the protection of the public health, and 
therefore batches thereof are exempt from the certification requirements 
of section 721(c) of the Act.

[42 FR 15643, Mar. 22, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 947, Jan. 8, 1982; 49 
FR 10089, Mar. 19, 1984]