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[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: 21CFR74.1706]
 
[Page 412-413]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
                                SERVICES
 
PART 74--LISTING OF COLOR ADDITIVES SUBJECT TO CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart B--Drugs
 
Sec. 74.1706  FD&C Yellow No. 6.
 
    (a) Identity and specifications. (1) The color additive FD&C Yellow
No. 6 shall conform in identity and specifications to the requirements
of Sec. 74.706(a)(1) and (b).
    (2) Color additive mixtures for drug use made with FD&C Yellow No. 6
may contain only those diluents that are suitable and that are listed in
part 73 of this chapter as safe for use in color additive mixtures for
coloring drugs.
    (b) Uses and restrictions. FD&C Yellow No. 6 may be safely used for
coloring drugs generally in amounts consistent with current good
manufacturing practice.
    (c) Labeling requirements. (1) The label of the color additive and
any mixtures intended solely or in part for coloring
 
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purposes prepared therefrom shall conform to the requirements of
Sec. 70.25 of this chapter.
    (2) [Reserved]
    (d) Certification. All batches of FD&C Yellow No. 6 shall be
certified in accordance with regulations in part 80 of this chapter.
 
[51 FR 41782, Nov. 19, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 21508, June 8, 1987; 53
FR 49138, Dec. 6, 1988]


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