{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988/schedule-4/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988/schedule-4/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/396",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1988",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "PERMITTED COLOURANTS",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\nEEC No\nName or Description\nChemical formula\nKind of animal\nMaximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuff)\nConditions\nE160c\nCapsanthin\nC40H56O3\n} Poultry\n} 80: alone or together\nNone\nE160e\nBeta-apo-8'-carotenal\nC30H40O\nE160f\nEthyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenoic acid\nC32H44O2\nE161b\nLutein\nC40H56O2\nE161c\nCryptoxanthin\nC40H56O\nE161e\nViolaxanthin\nC40H56O4\nE161g\nCanthaxanthin\nC40H52O2\nE161h\nZeaxanthin\nC40H56O2\nE161i\nCitranaxanthin\nC33H44O\nLaying hens\nE161g\nCanthaxanthin\nC40H52O2\nDogs and Cats\nNo limit\nTrout and Salmon\n100: alone or together with astaxanthin\nUse permitted from the age of 6 months onwards\nAstaxanthin\nC40H52O4\nTrout and Salmon\n100: alone or together with canthaxanthin\nUse permitted from the age of 6 months onwards\nE131\nPatent Blue V (Calcium salt of the disulphonic acid of m-hydroxy-tetra-ethyldiamino triphenyl-carbinol anhydride)\nDogs and Cats\nNo limit\nNone\nAll other species of animals\nNo limit\n} Permitted only in products processed from waste products of foodstuffs, denatured cereals or manioc flour, or other base substances denatured by means of these agents or coloured during preparation to ensure identification during manufacture.\nE142\nAcid Brilliant Green BS (Sodium salt of 4,4'-bis (dimethylamino) diphenyl-methylene-2.naphthol-3, 6-disulphonic acid)\nAll species of animals except dogs and cats\nNo limit\nDogs and Cats\nNo limit\nNone\nAll other colourants at present permitted for use in human food by European Community Directives as implemented by regulations made or having effect as if made under the Food Act 1984 or the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act, 1956\nDogs and Cats\n} No limit\nNone\nAll other species of animals\nPermitted only in products processed from waste products of foodstuffs, or other base substances, with the exception of cereals and manioc flour, denatured by means of those agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1956 c. 30 (4 & 5 Eliz 2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/2014",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1989"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/1475",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1991"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/396/schedule/4/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:10:34.656802+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}