Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Part II Permitted Colourants

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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	Poultry	80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E160e	Beta-apo-8'-carotenal	C30H40O	Poultry	80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E160f	Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenoic acid	C32H44O2	Poultry	80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E161b	Lutein	C40H56O2	Poultry	80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E161c	Cryptoxanthin	C40H56O	Poultry	80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E161g	Canthaxanthin	C40H52O2	(a) Poultry (b) Salmon, trout	80	Use permitted from the age of 6 months onwards. The mixture of canthaxanthin with astaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feeding stuff
			(c) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish	—	—
E161h	Zeaxanthin	C40H56O2	Poultry	80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E161i	Citranaxanthin	C33H44O	Laying hens	80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
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 100 mg/kg in the complete feeding stuff
			(b) Ornamental fish	—	—
	2.  Other colourants:
E102	Tartrazine	C16H9N4Na3O9S2	Ornamental fish	—	—
E110	Sunset yellow FCF	C16H10N2Na2O7S2	Ornamental fish	—	—
E124	Ponceau 4R	C20H11N2Na3O10S3	Ornamental fish	—	—
E127	Erythrosine	C20H6I4Na2O5.H2O	Ornamental fish	—	—
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 of 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) diphenylmethy- lene-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 feeding stuffs 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	Ornamental fish	—	—
E160B	Bixin	C25H30O4	Ornamental fish	—	—
E172	Iron oxide, red	Fe2O3	Ornamental fish	—	—
	3.  All colourants (other than Patent Blue V and Acid Brilliant Green BS) at present permitted for use in human food by European Community legislation as implemented by Regulations made under the Food Safety Act (Northern Ireland) 1991(1)	—	(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats	—	Permitted in animal feeding-stuffs 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	—	—

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S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7)