据美国联邦公报消息,7月3日美国食品药品管理局发布通告,修订食品着色剂条例,批准螺旋藻提取物作为熟壳蛋着色剂。McCormick & Company, Inc.公司提交了本次应用申请。美国FDA经评估认为,螺旋藻提取物作为着色剂用于熟壳蛋是安全的,可以按照生产需要量添加。新条例将自8月3日生效。有关意见可于8月2日前提交。
部分原文报道如下:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of spirulina extract to seasonally color hard-boiled shell eggs at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP)。 This action is in response to a color additive petition (CAP) filed by McCormick & Company, Inc. (McCormick)。