JD Supra

FDA Color Additive Scrutiny Expands to Pharmaceuticals

FDA’s draft guidance outlines a flexible approach that, under certain circumstances, allows applicants and manufacturers to replace a color additive in an approved or marketed drug product with one ...
JD Supra

FDA Extends Scrutiny Over Color Additives Beyond Food to Drug Products

FDA’s recent focus on potentially harmful color additives in food products has expanded to the pharmaceutical sector. In May 2025, FDA issued a draft guidance titled Replacing Color Additives in ...
Healio

FDA approves natural color additive gardenia blue, asks for quicker phase-out of Red No. 3

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced the approval of natural color additive gardenia blue and called for accelerated removal of Red ...
Infection control

Revolutionizing Hospital Cleanliness: How Color Additives Transform Infection Prevention

Discover how a groundbreaking color additive for disinfectant wipes improved hospital cleanliness by 69.2%, reduced microbial presence by nearly half, and enhanced cleaning efficiency—all without ...
Yahoo

FDA will allow three new color additives made from minerals, algae and flower petals

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Bottles containing a variety of colored liquids sit on a shelf in a lab at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive ...
Healio

Wipes with color additive improve hospital room disinfection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A color additive that appears blue on surfaces helped improve disinfection in hospital rooms. Rooms were up to ...
WBAL-TV

After push to remove artificial coloring, FDA approves 3 natural food dyes

APP. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, THERE’S A FEDERAL BAN ON RED DYE. NUMBER THREE, THAT’S THE INGREDIENT THAT CREATES A BRIGHT CHERRY RED COLOR WHEN IT’S ADDED TO FOOD AND TO DRINKS AND TO DRUGS. BUT ...
Townhall

FDA Approves New Color Additive: Gardenia Blue

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday afternoon that it has approved a new blue color additive, gardenia blue. Gardenia (genipin) blue is derived from the crushed fruit of the ...
RAPS

FDA proposes downgrading drug color additive changes to CBE-30

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance for pharmaceutical manufacturers wishing to replace a color in a drug product. These changes are now viewed as a moderate change ...
WSLS 10

FDA will allow three new color additives made from minerals, algae and flower petals

FILE - Bottles containing a variety of colored liquids sit on a shelf in a lab at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis ...
Medical Xpress

FDA will allow three new color additives made from minerals, algae and flower petals

U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation's food supply. It comes after health officials pledged a sweeping ...