# L_2008303EN.01002501.xml

| 14.11.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 303/25 |
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Corrigendum to Commission Directive 95/45/EC of 26 July 1995 laying down specific purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs

(Official Journal of the European Communities L 226 of 22 September 1995)

In the Annex to the Directive, point B ‘Specific criteria of purity’:

| | E 101 (i) RIBOFLAVIN — Identification, A. Spectrometry:
for
:
‘Maximum in water at ca 375 nm’, read
:
‘Maximum in water at ca 444 nm’; | for | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 375 nm’, | read | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 444 nm’; |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | - | -------------------------------- | ---- | - | -------------------------------- |
| for | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 375 nm’, | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 444 nm’; | | | | | |

| | E 101 (ii) RIBOFLAVIN-5′-PHOSPHATE — Identification, A. Spectrometry:
for
:
‘Maximum in water at ca 375 nm’, read
:
‘Maximum in water at ca 444 nm’; | for | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 375 nm’, | read | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 444 nm’; |
| ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | - | -------------------------------- | ---- | - | -------------------------------- |
| for | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 375 nm’, | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Maximum in water at ca 444 nm’; | | | | | |

| | E 123 AMARANTH — Purity:
for
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, read
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ | ---- | - | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ |
| for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | | | | | | | | | | |

| | E 133 BRILLIANT BLUE FCF — Purity:
for
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, read
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ | ---- | - | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ |
| for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | | | | | | | | | | |

| | E 141 (ii) COPPER COMPLEXES OF CHLOROPHYLLINS — Identification, Spectrometry:
for
:
‘Maximum in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7,5 at ca 405 nm and at 630 nm’, read
:
‘Maximum in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7,5 at ca 405 nm and at ca 630 nm’; | for | : | ‘Maximum in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7,5 at ca 405 nm and at 630 nm’, | read | : | ‘Maximum in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7,5 at ca 405 nm and at ca 630 nm’; |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| for | : | ‘Maximum in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7,5 at ca 405 nm and at 630 nm’, | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Maximum in aqueous phosphate buffer at pH 7,5 at ca 405 nm and at ca 630 nm’; | | | | | |

| | E 153 VEGETABLE CARBON — Purity:
for
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, read
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ | ---- | - | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ |
| for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’; | | | | | | | | | | |

| | E 160d LYCOPENE — Definition:
for
:
‘Assay
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’, read
:
‘Assay
Not less than 5 % of total colouring matters
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’; | for | : | ‘Assay
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’, | ‘Assay | E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’, | read | : | ‘Assay
Not less than 5 % of total colouring matters
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’; | ‘Assay | Not less than 5 % of total colouring matters
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’; |
| ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| for | : | ‘Assay
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’, | ‘Assay | E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’, | | | | | | | |
| ‘Assay | E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’, | | | | | | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Assay
Not less than 5 % of total colouring matters
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’; | ‘Assay | Not less than 5 % of total colouring matters
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’; | | | | | | | |
| ‘Assay | Not less than 5 % of total colouring matters
E1 % 1 cm 3 450 at ca 472 nm in hexane’; | | | | | | | | | | |

| | E 160e BETA-APO-8′-CAROTENAL (C30) — Purity:
for
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’, read
:
‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’. | for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’, | read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’. | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’. |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ | ---- | - | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------------------ |
| for | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 10 mg/kg’, | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 10 mg/kg’, | | | | | | | | | | |
| read | : | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb)
Not more than 40 mg/kg’. | ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’. | | | | | | | |
| ‘Heavy metals (as Pb) | Not more than 40 mg/kg’. | | | | | | | | | | |

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