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Regulation 2(a)
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EEC No. | Name or Description | Chemical formula, description. | Kind of animal permitted | Maximum content (mg/kg in complete feedingstuffs) | Conditions |
1. Carotenoids and xanthophylls: | |||||
E160c | Capsanthin | C40H56O3 | } | } | – |
E160e | Beta-apo-8'-Carotenal | C30H40O | } | }80 | |
E160f | Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenoic Acid | C32H44O2 | }Poultry | }(alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls) | |
E161b | Lutein | C40H56O2 | } | } | |
E161c | Cryptoxanthin | C40H56O | } | } | |
E161g | Canthaxanthin | C40H52O2 | (a)Poultry other than laying hens | 25 | The mixture of canthaxanthin with other carotenoids and xanthophylls is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 80 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff |
(b)Laying hens | 8 | The mixture of canthaxanthin with other carotenoids and xanthophylls is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 80 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff | |||
(c)Salmon, trout | 25 | Use permitted from the age of 6 months onwards. The mixture of canthaxanthin with asthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff | |||
(d)Dogs, cats and ornamental fish | – | – | |||
E161h | Zeaxanthin | C40H56O2 | Poultry | } 80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls) | – |
E161i | Citranaxanthin | C33H44O | Laying hens | } | |
E161j | Astaxanthin | C40H52O4 | (a)Salmon, trout | 100 | Use only permitted from the age of 6 months onwards. The mixture of astaxanthin with canthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 100mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff |
(b)Ornamental fish | – | – | |||
2. Other colourants | |||||
E102 | Tartrazine | C16H9N4 Na3O9S2 | } | ||
E110 | Sunset yellow FCF | C16H10N2Na2O7S2 | }Ornamental fish | – | – |
E124 | Ponceau 4R | C20H11N2Na3O10S3 | } | ||
E127 | Erythrosine | C20H6I4Na2O5H2O | } | ||
E131 | Patent Blue V | Calcium salt of the disulphonic acid of m-hydroxytetra ethyl diamino triphenylcarbinol anhydride | (a)All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats | – | Permitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from: (i) waste products of foodstuffs; (ii) denatured cereals or manioc flour; or (iii) other base substances denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture |
(b)Dogs and cats | – | – | |||
E132 | Indigotine | C16H8N2Na2O8S2 | Ornamental fish | – | – |
E141 | Chlorophyll copper complex | – | Ornamental fish | – | – |
E142 | Acid Brilliant Green BS, (Lissamine Green) | Sodium salt of 4,4'-bis (dimethylamino) diphenylmethylene-2 naphthol 3, 6 disulphonic acid | (a)All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs, cats and ornamental fish | – | Permitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from: (i)waste products of foodstuffs; (ii)denatured cereals or manioc flour; or (iii)other base substances denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture |
(b)Dogs, cats and ornamental fish | – | – | |||
E153 | Carbon black | C | } | ||
E160B | Bixin | C25H30O4 | }Ornamental fish | – | – |
E172 | Iron oxide, red | Fe2O3 | } | ||
3. All colourants (other than Patent Blue V and Acid Brilliant Green BS and Canthaxanthin) at present permitted for use in human food by European Community legislation as implemented by Regulations made under the Food Safety Act 1990(1) | – | (a)All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats | Permitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from: (i) waste products of foodstuffs; or (ii) other base substances, with the exception of cereals and manioc flour, denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture | ||
(b)Dogs and cats | – | – | |||
Canthaxanthin authorised for colouring foodstuffs by Community rules | (a)All species or categories of animals other than poultry, salmon, trout, dogs and cats | – | Permitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from: (i) waste products of foodstuffs; or (ii) other base substances, with the exception of cereals and manioc flour, denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture | ||
(b)Dogs and cats | – | – | |||
(c)Poultry other than laying hens, salmon, trout | 25 | Permitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from: (i) waste products of foodstuffs; or (ii) other base substances, with the exception of cereals and manioc flour, denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture | |||
(d)Laying hens | 8 | Permitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from: (i) waste products of foodstuffs; or (ii) other base substances, with the exception of cereals and manioc flour, denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture” |
Regulation 2(b)
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2316/98 concerning authorisation of new additives and amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs(3).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999 amending the conditions for the authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(4).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2439/1999 on the conditions for authorisation of additives belonging to the group “binders, anti–caking agents and coagulants” in feedingstuffs(5).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1353/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives, new additive uses and new preparations in feedingstuffs(6).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2437/2000 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive and the provisional authorisation of new additives in feedingstuffs(7).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2013/2001 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive use and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(8).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2200/2001 concerning provisional authorisation of additives in feedingstuffs(9).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 256/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of new additives, the prolongation of provisional authorisation of an additive and the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(10).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1252/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive in feedingstuffs)(11).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1876/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive in feedingstuffs(12).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2188/2002 concerning the provisional authorisation of new uses of additives in feedingstuffs(13).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 261/2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of new uses of additives in feedingstuffs(14).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 316/2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs and the provisional authorisation of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs(15).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 666/2003 provisionally authorising the use of certain micro-organisms in feedingstuffs(16).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 668/2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of an additive in feedingstuffs(17).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 871/2003 concerning the permanent authorisation of a new additive in feedingstuffs(18).
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 877/2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new additive in feedingstuffs(19).”
Certain of the above Regulations relate to additive categories which include additives controlled by the Additives Directive (as defined in article 2 of S.S.I. 2000/453), and which are listed in the relevant Part(s) of Parts I to VIII of the Table to Schedule 3 (e.g. the preservative formic acid is covered by Regulation (EC) No. 1594/1999, but certain other preservatives are covered by Part VII of the Table).
O.J. No. L 289, 28.10.98, p.4.
O.J. No. L 188, 21.7.99, p.35.
O.J. No. L 297, 18.11.99, p.8. The Annex to this Regulation is now replaced by the Annex to Regulation (EC) No. 739/2000 (O.J. No. L 87, 8.4.00, p.14).
O.J. No. L 155, 28.6.00, p.15.
O.J. No. L 280, 4.11.00, p.28.
O.J. No. L 272, 13.10.01, p.24.
O.J. No. L 299, 15.11.01, p.1.
O.J. No. L 41, 13.2.02, p.6.
O.J. No. L 183, 12.7.02, p.10.
O.J. No. L 284, 22.10.02, p.7.
O.J. No. L 333, 10.12.02, p.5.
O.J. No. L 37, 13.2.03, p.12.
O.J. No. L 46, 20.2.03, p.15.
O.J. No. L 96, 12.4.03, p.11.
O.J. No. L 96, 12.4.03, p.14.
O.J. No. L 125, 21.5.2003, p.3.
O.J. No. L 126, 22.5.2003, p.24.
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