Food colouring

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A food colouring is a food additive that adds or restores colour in a foodstuff.[1]

Codex Alimentarius list

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Codex Alimentarius name INS
number 		Authorizations
EU AU-NZ CAN USA
Aluminium 173 ✔ ✖ [note 1] ✖
References: [1][2][3][4][5]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Use of aluminium metal as a food colouring in Canada is restricted to those products listed under item A.1 in Table III to Division B.16, Food and Drugs Regulations.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Codex Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives, 7th ed.; Codex Alimentarius Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2009. CAC/GL 36-1989, <http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/7/CXG_036e.pdf>.
  2. ↑ Art. 30, Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives, OJEU L354, 31.12.2008, pp 16–33.
  3. ↑ Annex I, European Parliament and Council Directive 94/36/EC of 30 June 1994 on colours for use in foodstuffs, OJEU L237, 10.09,1994, pp 13–29.
  4. ↑ Standard 1.3.1, Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.
  5. ↑ Food and Drug Regulations (C.R.C., c. 870).

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