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definitions Sec. 101. Section 201, as amended, of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is further amended as follows: (a) Paragraph (s) of such section (defining the term “food additive”) is amended by redesignating clause (3) as clause (4), and by inserting immediately before clause (4), as so redesignated, the following new clause: “(3) a color additive; or”. (b) Paragraph (t) of such section is redesignated and otherwise amended to read as follows: “(u) The term ‘safe’, as used in paragraph (s) of this section and in sections 409 and 706, has reference to the health of man or animal.” (c) There is inserted, immediately after paragraph (s) of such section. the following new paragraph: “(t) (1) The term ‘color additive’ means a material which— “(A) 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, and “(B) when added or applied to a food, drug, or cosmetic, or to the human body or any part thereof, is capable (alone or through reaction with other substance) of imparting color thereto; except that such term does not include any material which the Secretary, by regulation, determines is used (or intended to be used) solely for a purpose or purposes other than coloring. “(2) The term ‘color’ includes black, white, and intermediate grays. “(3) Nothing in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall be construed to apply to any pesticide chemical, soil or plant nutrient, or other agricultural chemical solely because of its effect in aiding, retarding, or otherwise affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth or other natural physiological processes of produce of the soil and thereby affecting its color, whether before or after harvest.”