Codex Committee OKs Colors for Supplements

BEIJINGThe Codex Committee on Food Additives agreed to adopt nine colors for use in food supplements. During its March 17 meeting here, the committee agreed to put forward Allura Red AC (300 mg/kg), Caramel Colour, Class IV (20,000 mg/kg), Carotenoids (300 mg/kg), Chlorophylls, Copper Complexes (500 mg/kg), Erythrosine (300 mg/kg), Fast Green FCF (600 mg/kg), Grape Skin Extracts (500 mg/kg), Indigotine (300 mg/kg) and Iron Oxides (7,500 mg/kg) for the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA), which sets down conditions for permitted food additives to be used in all foods, and thereby supplements. The full Codex Alimentarius Commission will review the proposal in July and decide whether to adopt the colors.