Different countries also have their own food regulatory systems and legislation.
A ban does not amount to or apply to a food additive for which permission for use has never been sought, usually because a substitute has already been approved.
US bans food coloring additives
- E104 Quinoline Yellow
- E107 yellow 2G
- E122 Azo Red Camo Red
- E123 Amaranth
- E124 Ponceau 4R, Ponceau, Carmine A
- E125SX Culvert
- E131 Patent Blue V
- E142 Green S
- E151 bright black B, black PN
- E153 Plant Carbon
- E154 Brown FK
- E155 brown HT, chocolate brown
- Cuttlefish Black, Cuttlefish Black (not in the list of color additives allowed by FDA)
