§ 16-18-2-60 — "Color additive"

(a) "Color additive", for purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, means a material that:
(1) is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of
synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise
derived, with or without intermediate or final change of identity,
from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source; or
(2) when added or applied to a food, drug, or cosmetic or to the
human body is capable (alone or through reaction with other
substances) of imparting color.
The term does not include any material that has been exempted under
the Federal Act.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a pesticide chemical, soil or
plant nutrient, or otherwise, affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth
or other natural physiological process of produce of the soil and
thereby affecting the produce's color, either before or after harvest.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-28-3(x)(1),(x)(3);
16-6-5-3(hh) part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.137-1996, SEC.58.