Food Color Additives Banned in the USA

Listed color additives are banned in the United States of America.  Products found being offered for retail sale or warehoused for further distribution containing these banned additives are to be placed under seizure and destroyed under signed waiver.
 NumberName FD&C Number 
 E104Quinoline Yellow D&C Yellow #10 
 E107Yellow 2G  
 E122Azorubine Carmoisine  
 E123Amaranth delisted FD&C Red #2 
 E124Ponceau 4R, Ponceau Red, Cochineal Red A 
 E125Ponceau SX delisted FD&C Red #4 
 E131Patent Blue V  
 E142Green S  
 E151Brilliant Black B, Black PN  
 E153Vegetable Carbon  
 E154Brown FK  
 E155Brown HT, Chocolate Brown  
 Cuttlefish Black, Cuttle BlackNot on FDA's list of permitted color additives 
These colors, previously commonly used, are no longer authorized or have been restricted in their use.
 FD&C Green #1 Removed from list. 
 FD&C Green #2 Removed from list. 
 FD&C Red #1 Removed from list. 
 FD&C Red #2 Removed from list. 
 FD&C Red #3  All lakes, cosmetics, and external drugs removed from list.
 FD&C Red #4 Food, ingested drugs, and ingested cosmetics removed from list. 
 FD&C Violet #1 Removed from list. 
 Alkanet (Alkane)  
 Calcium Carbonate Allowed in drugs. 
 Carbon black  
 Charcoal- NF XI  
 Cudbear  
 Ferric chloride  
 Ferrous sulfate  
 Logwood, chip & extract Logwood extract is still permitted in sutures.