[Code of Federal Regulations]
 [Title 21, Volume 1]
 [Revised as of April 1, 2002]
 From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
 [CITE: 21CFR73.450]
 
 [Page 359-360]
 
                         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.
 
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     (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]