§ 111270 Unsafe Color Additives Prohibited

Health and Safety Code·California

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•If a medicine or medical tool has a color just to make it look nice, that color must be safe.
•If the color is not safe, the medicine or tool is considered bad or spoiled.
•The law checks if the color is safe based on another rule (Section 111240).

Example

A company makes pink cough syrup for kids.

If the pink color in the cough syrup is not safe to eat, the cough syrup is spoiled. The company can get in trouble for selling it.

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§ 111270 Unsafe Color Additives Prohibited

Any drug or device is adulterated if it bears or contains for the purpose of coloring only a color additive that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 111240. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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adulterated color additive unsafe Section 111240

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 111270.

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