{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1995/schedule-4/part-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1995/schedule-4/part-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1412",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "t II",
  "heading": "PERMITTED COLOURANTS",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nColumn 6\nEEC No.\nName or Description\nChemical formula, description\nKind of animal\nMaximum content (mg/kg in complete feeding stuffs)\nConditions\nE160c\n1 Carotenoids and xanthophylls: Capsanthin\nC40H56O3\n} Poultry\n} 80\n} (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nE160e\nBeta-apo-8′-carotenal\nC30H40O\nE160f\nEthyl ester of beta-apo-8′- carotenoic acid\nC32H44O2\nE161b\nLutein\nC40H56O2\nE161c\nCryptoxanthin\nC40H56O\nE161g\nCanthaxanthin\nC40H52O2\n(a) Poultry\n(b) Salmon, trout\n80\nUse permitted from the age of 6months 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 feedingstuff.\n(c) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish\n—\n—\nE161h\nZeaxanthin\nC40H56O2\nPoultry\n} 80\n} (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nE161i\nCitranaxanthin\nC33H44O\nLaying hens\nE161j\nAstaxanthin\nC40H52O4\n(a) Salmon, trout\n100\nUse only permitted fromthe 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.\n(b) Ornamental fish\n—\n—\n2 Other colourants:\nE102\nTartrazine\nC16H9N4Na3O9S2\n} Ornamental fish\n—\n—\nE110\nSunset yellow FCF\nC16H10N2Na2O7S2\nE124\nPonceau 4R\nC20H11N2Na3O10S3\nE127\nErythrosine\nC20H6I4Na2O5.H2O\nE131\nPatent Blue V\nCalcium salt of the disulphonic acid of m-hydroxytetraethyl diamino triphenylcarbinol anhydride\n(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats\n—\nPermitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from:\n(i) waste products of foodstuffs,\n(ii) denatured cereals of manioc flour, or\n(iii) other base substances denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture\n(b) Dogs and cats\nE132\nIndigotine\nC16H8N2Na2O8S2\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE141\nChlorophyll copper complex\n—\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE142\nAcid Brilliant Green BS, (Lissamine Green)\nSodium salt of 4,4′-bis (dimethylamino) diphenylmethylene 2-naphthol-3,6-disulphonic acid\n(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs, cats and ornamental fish\n—\nPermitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processedfrom:\n(i) waste products of foodstuffs,\n(ii) denatured cereals or manioc flour, or\n(iii) other base substances denatured by means of these agents or coloured during technical preparation to ensure the necessary identification during manufacture.\n(b) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish\n—\n—\nE153\nCarbon black\nC\n} Ornamental fish\n—\n—\nE160B\nBixin\nC25H30O4\nE172\nIron oxide, red\nFe2O3\n3 All colourants (other than Patent Blue V and Acid Brilliant Green BS) 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\n—\n(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats\n—\nPermitted in animal feedingstuffs only in products processed from:\n(i) waste products of foodstuffs, or\n(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.\n(b) Dogs and cats\n—\n—",
  "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/1996/1260",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1260",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/104",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/2072",
      "affecting_title": "The Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1412/schedule/4/part/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:08:39.063561+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."
}