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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-2000/schedule-3/part-TABLE/chapter-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2481",
  "legislation_title": "The Feeding Stuffs Regulations 2000",
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  "number": "PART II",
  "heading": "PERMITTED COLOURANTS",
  "text": "Col. 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nColumn 6\nEEC No.\nName or Description\nChemical Formula, description\nKind of animal permitted\nMaximum content (mg/kg in complete feedingstuffs)\nConditions\n1 Carotenoids and xanthophylls:\nE160c\nCapsanthin\nC40H56O3\nPoultry\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nE160e\nBeta-apo-8'-carotenal\nC30H40O\nPoultry\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nE160f\nEthyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenoic acid\nC32H44O2\nPoultry\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nE161b\nLutein\nC40H56O2\nPoultry\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nE161c\nCryptoxanthin\nC40H56O\nPoultry\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nE161g\nCanthaxanthin\nC40H52O2\n(a) Poultry\n80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n(b) Salmon, trout\n80\nUse 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 feedingstuff\n(c) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish\n—\n—\nE161h\nZeaxanthin\nC40H56O2\nPoultry\n80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\n—\nE161i\nCitranaxanthin\nC33H44O\nLaying hens\n80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nE161j\nAstaxanthin\nC40H52O4\n(a) Salmon, trout\n100\nUse 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 feedingstuff\n(b) Ornamental fish\n—\n—\n2 Other colourants:\nE102\nTartrazine\nC16H9N4Na3O9S2\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE110\nSunset yellow FCF\nC16H1ub0;N2Na2O7S2\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE124\nPonceau 4R\nC20H11N2Na3O10S3\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE127\nErythrosine\nC20H6I4Na2O5. H2O\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE131\nPatent Blue V\nCalcium salt of the disulphonic acid of m-hydroxytetra ethyl 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 processed from:\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\nE153\nCarbon black\nC\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE160B\nBixin\nC25H30O4\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\nE172\nIron oxide, red\nFe2O3\nOrnamental fish\n—\n—\n3 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 1990\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,\nor\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,
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Parts I to VIII relate only to additives covered by European Community Directives. Part IX relates only to addtives covered by European Community Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1990 c. 16."
    }
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