CELEX: 51988PC0132
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-06
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE EIGHTH TIME THE DIRECTIVE OF 23 OCTOBER 1962 OF THE APPROXIMATION OF THE RULES OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE COLOURING MATTERS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN FOODSTUFFS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ( COM ( 85 ) 474 FINAL )

No C 111/8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             28. 4. 88
           Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending for the eighth time the Directive of
           23 October 1962 on the approximation of the rules of the Member States concerning the
           colouring matters that are authorized for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (')
                                                    COM(88) 132 final
           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                             EEC Treaty on 14 April 1988)
                                                      (88/C 111/12)
           The following new amendments are made to Annex I:
           1. The references to E 127, E 150 b and E 161 g are deleted from part 1.
           2. The following references are added to part 3:
                   Column 1                     Column 2                              Column 3
               E 127           Erythrosine:                            45430 (Food Red 14)
                               — cocktail cherries — cherries
                                   350 mg/kg
                               — glace cherries — cherries
                                   150 mg/kg
                               — canned mixed fruit — cherries
                                   150 mg/kg
                               — canned cherries — cherries
                                   150 mg/kg
               E 150 b         Caustic sulphite caramel:               Caramel prepared by the controlled
                               — alcoholic beverages only              heat treatment of carbohydrates with
                                                                      sulphite containing compounds
               E 160 g         Canthaxanthin                           40850 (Food Orange 8)
                               — Strasbourg sausages 30 mg/kg
                               — cake decorations 60 mg/kg
                               — candied fruit 150 mg/kg
                               — chewing gum 100 mg/kg
                               — sugar-coated dragees 50 mg/kg
           (') OJ No C 278, 30. 10. 1985, p. 4.