FDA Issues Final Rule on Color Additives in Distilled Spirits

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that amends
color additive regulations to provide for “the safe use of mica-based pearlescent
pigments prepared from titanium dioxide and mica as color additives
in distilled spirits containing not less than 18 percent and not more than
23 percent alcohol by volume but not including distilled spirits mixtures
containing more than 5 percent wine on a proof gallon basis.” The action
follows a petition filed by E. & J. Gallo Winery and takes effect July 15, 2013.
See Federal Register, June 12, 2013.