Filing of Color Additive Petition From Environmental Defense Fund, et al.; Request To Amend the Color Additive Regulations To Remove the Solvents Ethylene Dichloride, Methylene Chloride, and Trichloroethylene; Notification of Petition

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a color additive petition, submitted by Environmental Defense Fund, et al., proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to remove three specified solvents.  The color additive petition was filed on 21 December 2023.