Takehome:

• Macau released a new regulatory standard for the use of food colorings, including 17 tar/artificial pigments and 28 natural and other pigments.

On November 13, 2017, the chief executive of Macau released a supplementary administrative regulation standardizing the use of food colorings.

This regulation defines the meaning of food coloring and stipulates that it’s not allowed to be added in:

1. raw or unprocessed meat, poultry, game, aquatic, vegetable or fruit products but except for the use of marked purpose or in the skin of citrus fruits
2. formula foods for infants and follow-ups, infant formula foods for special medical purpose use and complementary food for infants and young children.

Besides, it also lists 17 kinds of tar/artificial pigments including lemon yellow, quinoline yellow and carmine 4R and 28 kinds of natural and other pigments including caramel colour, chlorophyll and xanthophyll that are approved to use in food.

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