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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/schedule-4/part-II",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/451",
  "legislation_title": "Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/feeding-stuffs-regulations-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "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\nE160e\nE160f\nE161b\nE16lc\n1 Carotenoids and xanthophylls: Capsanthin\nBeta-apo-8'-carotenal\nEthyl ester of beta-apo 8'-carotenoic acid\nLutein\nCryptoxanthin\nC40H56O3\nC30H40O\nC32H44O2\nC40H56O2\nC40H55\n} Poultry\n} 80 (alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nNone\nE161g\nCanthaxanthin\nC40H52)2\n(a) Poultry\n(b) Salmon, trout\n(c) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish\n80\nNo limit\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 feeding stuff.\nNone\nE161h\nE161i\nZeaxanthin\nCitranaxanthin\nC40H56O2\nC33H44O\nPoultry\nLaying hens\n} 80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)\nNone\nE161j\nAstaxanthin\nC40H52O4\n(a) Salmon, trout\n(b) Ornamental fish\n100\nNo limit\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 feeding stuff.\nNone\nEl02\nEl10\nEl24\nEl27\n2 Other colourants: Tartrazine\nSunset yellow FCF\nPonceau 4R\nErythrosine\nC16H9N4Na3O9S2\nC16H10N2Na2O7S2\nC20H11N2Na3O10S3\nC20H6I4Na2O5H2O\n} Ornamental fish\nNo limit\nNone\nEl31\nPatent Blue V\nCalcium salt of the disulphonic acid of m-hydroxytetraethy diamino triphenylcarbinol anhydridc\n(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats\n(b) Dogs and cats\nNo limit\nNo limit\nPermitted in animal feeding stuffs 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.\nEl32\nIndigotine\nC16H8N2Na2O8S2\nOrnamental fish\nNo limit\nNone\nE141\nChlorophyll copper complex\n—\nOrnamental fish\nNo limit\nNone\nE142\nAcid Brilliant Green BS, (Lissamine Green)\nSodium salt of 4,4'-bis (dimethylamino) diphenylmethylene -2-naphtol-3,6-disulphonic acid\n(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs, cats and ornamental fish\n(b) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish\nNo limit\nNo limit\nPermitted in animal feeding stuffs 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.\nNone\nE153\nE160B\nE172\nCarbon black\nBixin\nIron oxide, red\nC\nC25H30O4\nFe2O3\n} Ornamenal fish\nNo limit\nNone\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 Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991\n—\n(a) All species or categories of animals with the exception of dogs and cats\n(b) Dogs and cats\nNo limit\nNo limit\nPermitted in animal feeding stuffs 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.\nNone",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/762 (N.I. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/259",
      "affecting_title": "Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/259",
      "affecting_title": "Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/259",
      "affecting_title": "Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/451/schedule/4/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:38:50.292127+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."
}