Art 31 - 1333/2008 - Transitional measures
Foods placed on the market or labelled before 20 July 2010 which
do not comply with Article 24 may be marketed until their date
of minimum durability or use-by-date.
Art 24
Labelling requirement for foods containing certain food
colours
1. Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC, the labelling of
food containing the food colours listed in Annex V to this Regulation
shall include the additional information set out in that
Annex.
ANNEX V
List of the food colours referred to in Article 24 for which the labelling of foods shall include
additional information
Foods containing one or more of the following food colours Information
Sunset yellow (E 110) (*) ‘name or E number of the colour(s)’: may have an adverseeffect on activity and attention in children.
Quinoline yellow (E 104) (*)Carmoisine (E 122) (*)Allura red (E 129) (
*) Tartrazine (E 102) (*)Ponceau 4R (E 124) (*)
(*) With the exception of foods where the colour(s) has been used for the purposes of health or other marking on meat products or for stampingor decorative colouring on eggshells.