Color additive

MANUAL OF NAVAL PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

scientific procedures (or, in the case as a substance used in food prior to

January 1, 1958, through either scientific procedures or experience based

on common use in food) to be safe under the conditions of its intended use;

except that such term does not include:

1 a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural

commodity; or

2 A pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for

use or is used in the production, storage, or transportation of any raw

agricultural commodity; or

3 A color additive; or

4 Any substance used

in accordance with a sanction or

approval granted prior to September

6, 1958, pursuant to this chapter, the

Poultry products Inspection Act (21

U.S.C. 451 et seq.) or the Meat

Inspection Act of March 4, 1907, as

amended and extended (21 U.S.C. 601 et

seq.); or

5 a new animal drug.

(b) "Color additive" means a material which:

1 Is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process

of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise

derived, with or without intermediate or final change of identity, from a

vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source, and

2 When added or applied to a food, drug, or cosmetic, or

to the human body or any part thereof, is capable (alone or through

reaction with other substance) of imparting color thereto; except that such

term does not include any material which, by regulation, determined is used

(or intended to be used) solely for a purpose or purposes other than

coloring.

3 The term "color" includes black, white, and intermediate

grays.

4 Nothing in subparagraph (b) of this paragraph shall be

construed to apply to any pesticide chemical, soil or plant nutrient, or

other agricultural chemical solely because of its effect in aiding,

retarding, or otherwise affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth or

other natural physiological