1. FOOD COLOURS

2. DOUE Reg 1333/2008/UE

6. COLOUR INDEX a multi-volume reference work about colorants issued by the British Society of Dyers and Colourists and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists; continually updated

10. SYNTHETIC COLOURS VS LAKES

12. MAIN APPLICATIONS Food:
beverage,sugar confectionery, ice cream, dairy products, baked goods, preserves, candied fruits, decorations and coatings, sauces,
cheese, meat preparations, fish pastes and crustaceans, snacks, dietary food supplements, edible inks.
Pharmaceuticals
Compressed pills, granulates, solutions, coated tablets
Pet food
Cats and dogs, ornamental fish, ornamental birds, small rodents
Cosmetics
Lotions, creams, soaps , lipsticks, make ups, powders,

13. Food colours legislation
In force:
Labelling: REGULATION (EC) No 1333/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 December 2008 on food additives. (Annex V list of colours with special labeling: name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.)
Application: Directive 94/36/EC of 30 June 1994 on colours for use in foodstuffs.
Purity :COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/128/EC of 22 December 2008 laying down specific purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs.
Applying 1 june 2013
Application: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1129/2011 of 11 November 2011 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a Union list of food additives.
General labelling legislation
GMO: REG 1829/2003 and REG 1830/2003
Allergens: Directive 2006/142
Food information-labelling: Regulation 1169/2011 (food additives exempt of nutritional information) Applying December 2014

14. Pharmaceutical products
Feed legislation
2004 Commission List of the authorised additives in feedingstuffs (1) published in application of Article 9t (b) of Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs (2004/C 50/01). (poultry, salmon, trout, cats, dogs, ornamental fish).
2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 358/2005 of 2 March 2005 concerning the authorisations without a time limit of certain additives and the authorisation of new uses of additives already authorised in feedingstuffs (grain eating birds and small rodents).
Pharmaceutical products
DIRECTIVE 2009/35/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 April 2009 on the colouring matters which may be added to medicinal products

15. HOW TO USE APPLICATION DIRECTIVE 94/36/EC
Annex I: List of permitted food colours
Annex II: Foods which may not content added colours except where specifically provided for in Annex III, IV or V
Annex III: Food to which only certain permitted colours may be added
Annex IV : colours permitted for certain uses only
Annex V. Colours permitted in foodstuffs other than those mentioned in annexes II and III.
Part I: Colours that can be added “quantum satis “ to the foods in the table
Part II: Colours with combined maximum level specified in the table

17. Directiva 94/36 Annex V

18. HOW TO USE APPLICATION REGULATION 1129/2011
Annex II
Part A Table 2: Foods which may not content added colours
Part B: List of all additives.
colours
Sweteners
Additives other than colours and sweeteners
Part C: Definitions of groups of additives
Group II: Food colours authorised at quantum satis
Group III: Food colours with combined maximum limit
Part D: Food categories
Part E: Authorised food additives and conditions of use in food categories