Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament

" 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	}	}	-
E160e	Beta-apo-8'-Carotenal	C30H40O	}	}80
E160f	Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenoic Acid	C32H44O2	}Poultry	}(alone or with the other carotenoids and xanthophylls)
E161b	Lutein	C40H56O2	}	}
E161c	Cryptoxanthin	C40H56O	}	}
E161g	Canthaxanthin	C40H52O2	(a) Poultry other than laying hens	25	The mixture of canthaxanthin with other carotenoids and xanthophylls is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 80 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff
			(b) Laying hens	8	The mixture of canthaxanthin with other carotenoids and xanthophylls is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 80 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff
			(c) Salmon, trout	25	Use permitted from the age of 6 months onwards. The mixture of canthaxanthin with asthaxanthin is allowed provided that the total concentration of the mixture does not exceed 100 mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff
			(d) Dogs, cats and ornamental fish	-	-
E161h	Zeaxanthin	C40H56O2	Poultry	}80 (alone or with other carotenoids and xanthophylls)	-
E161i	Citranaxanthin	C33H44O	Laying hens	}
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 100mg/kg in the complete feedingstuff
			(b) Ornamental fish	-	-
	2. Other colourants
E102	Tartrazine	C16H9N4 Na3O9S2	}
E110	Sunset yellow FCF	C16H10N2Na2O7S2	}Ornamental fish	-	-
E124	Ponceau 4R	C20H11N2Na3O10S3	}
E127	Erythrosine	C20H6I4Na2O5H2O	}
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 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 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) diphenylmethylene-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 feedingstuffs 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	}
E160B	Bixin	C25H30O4	}Ornamental fish	-	-
E172	Iron oxide, red	Fe2O3	}
	3. All colourants (other than Patent Blue V and Acid Brilliant Green BS and Canthaxanthin) at present permitted for use in human food by European Community legislation as implemented by Regulations made under the Food Safety Act 1990[5]	-	(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; 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	-	-
	Canthaxanthin authorised for colouring foodstuffs by Community rules		(a) All species or categories of animals other than poultry, salmon, trout, dogs and cats	-	Permitted in animal feedingstuffs 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	-	-
			(c) Poultry other than laying hens, salmon, trout	25	Permitted in animal feedingstuffs 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
			(d) Laying hens	8	Permitted in animal feedingstuffs 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

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(a) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 871/2003 permanently authorising a new additive manganomanganic oxide in feedingstuffs (O.J. No. L 125, 21.5.03, p.3); and

(b) Commission Regulation (EC) No. 877/2003 provisionally authorising the use of the acidity regulator "Benzoic acid" in feedingstuffs (O.J. No. L 126, 22.5.03, p.24).

These Regulations amend the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2000 by-

(a) modifying the controls regulating the presence of additives in feedingstuffs by specifying new maximum levels in feed for the colourant canthaxanthin in Part II of the Table to Schedule 3 (regulation 2(a) and Schedule 1); and

(b) adding two new Commission Regulations to the list of Commission Regulations under which authorisation for the marketing of feed additives has been granted which is contained in Part IX of the Table to Schedule 3 (regulation 2(b) and Schedule 2).

A Regulatory Impact Assessment, which includes a compliance assessment of the effect which these Regulations would have on business costs, has been prepared in relation to these Regulations and has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Food Standards Agency, 6th Floor, St Magnus House, 25 Guild Street, Aberdeen AB11 6NJ.