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In this section: Color Certification Reports

Report on the Certification of Color Additives: 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2024, January 1-March 31

Posted April 2024

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D&C Straights
D&C Lakes
D&C Repacks
FD&C Straights
FD&C Lakes
FD&C Repacks
External Straights
External Repacks
Totals

D&C Straights

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
D&C BLACK No. 2	33,886.14	74,282.39
D&C BLACK No. 4	0.00	5,291.10
D&C GREEN No. 5	1,000.49	1,386.30
D&C GREEN No. 6	90.39	775.58
D&C GREEN No. 8	8,595.55	13,350.05
D&C ORANGE No. 4	5,953.50	12,787.50
D&C RED No. 6	17,379.09	25,035.33
D&C RED No. 7	4,404.17	10,475.54
D&C RED No. 17	2,749.55	3,433.10
D&C RED No. 22	1,951.08	1,951.08
D&C RED No. 27	1,531.91	2,499.82
D&C RED No. 28	1,378.38	4,185.09
D&C RED No. 30	3,141.81	11,425.56
D&C RED No. 33	6,392.20	15,020.91
D&C RED No. 34	1,212.75	2,039.48
D&C VIOLET No. 2	2,364.26	2,583.62
D&C YELLOW No. 10	10,575.64	21,467.20
D&C YELLOW No. 11	3,942.55	6,401.03
TOTAL	106549.46	214390.68

D&C Lakes

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
D&C RED No. 6 LAKE	9,320.14	57,887.76
D&C RED No. 7 LAKE	52,130.21	114,348.98
D&C RED No. 21 LAKE	2,448.60	4,543.35
D&C RED No. 22 LAKE	0.00	165.38
D&C RED No. 27 LAKE	45,495.76	48,471.89
D&C RED No. 28 LAKE	20,967.99	34,501.10
D&C RED No. 30 LAKE	1,369.51	5,864.73
D&C RED No. 33 LAKE	0.00	2,205.00
D&C RED No. 34 LAKE	881.50	881.50
D&C YELLOW No. 5 LAKE	0.00	1,234.58
D&C YELLOW No. 10 LAKE	9,528.00	36,199.06
TOTAL	142141.71	306303.33

D&C Repacks

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
D&C GREEN No. 6 REPACK	0.00	176.00
D&C GREEN No. 8 REPACK	0.00	2,205.00
D&C RED No. 7 REPACK	11.03	11.03
D&C RED No. 17 REPACK	44.10	44.10
D&C RED No. 28 REPACK	165.38	242.55
D&C RED No. 33 REPACK	110.25	110.25
D&C YELLOW No. 8 REPACK	0.00	55.13
D&C YELLOW No. 10 REPACK	495.13	495.13
D&C RED No. 7 LAKE REPACK	75.00	75.00
D&C RED No. 27 LAKE REPACK	0.00	25.00
D&C RED No. 33 LAKE REPACK	75.00	75.00
TOTAL	975.89	3514.19

FD&C Straights

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
FD&C BLUE No. 1	176,200.81	394,152.64
FD&C BLUE No. 2	61,262.02	183,489.53
FD&C GREEN No. 3	220.17	6,172.59
FD&C RED No. 3	24,801.59	58,593.13
FD&C RED No. 40	1,230,139.50	2,315,737.11
FD&C YELLOW No. 5	779,329.22	1,620,365.00
FD&C YELLOW No. 6	679,296.70	1,907,666.17
TOTAL	2951250.01	6486176.17

FD&C Lakes

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
FD&C BLUE No. 1 ALUMINUM LAKE	130,449.37	216,290.31
FD&C BLUE No. 2 ALUMINUM LAKE	43,197.85	92,588.75
FD&C RED No. 40 ALUMINUM LAKE	545,368.58	958,380.14
FD&C YELLOW No. 5 ALUMINUM LAKE	190,286.65	396,315.41
FD&C YELLOW No. 6 ALUMINUM LAKE	238,586.67	529,899.98
TOTAL	1147889.12	2193474.59

FD&C Repacks

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
FD&C BLUE No. 1 REPACK	649.88	80,314.34
FD&C BLUE No. 2 REPACK	88.19	88.19
FD&C GREEN No. 3 REPACK	0.00	220.50
FD&C RED No. 3 REPACK	0.00	752.49
FD&C RED No. 40 REPACK	10,466.28	13,310.16
FD&C YELLOW No. 5 REPACK	25,008.95	43,677.44
FD&C YELLOW No. 6 REPACK	8,024.80	17,482.78
FD&C BLUE No. 1 ALUMINUM LAKE REPACK	0.00	1,765.77
FD&C BLUE No. 2 ALUMINUM LAKE REPACK	8,316.00	10,692.00
FD&C RED No. 40 ALUMINUM LAKE REPACK	27.50	55.00
FD&C YELLOW No. 5 ALUMINUM LAKE REPACK	60.00	148.18
FD&C YELLOW No. 6 ALUMINUM LAKE REPACK	5.00	280.00
TOTAL	52646.6	168786.85

External Straights

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
FD&C RED No. 4	4,004.50	7,752.98
Ext. D&C VIOLET No. 2	12,233.87	23,562.34
Ext. D&C YELLOW No. 7	0.00	635.00
TOTAL	16238.37	31950.32

External Repacks

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (October 1 to March 31) Pounds
FD&C RED No. 4 REPACK	528.45	1,148.40
Ext. D&C VIOLET No. 2 REPACK	3,087.00	4,189.50
TOTAL	3615.45	5337.9

Totals

Color Additive	2nd Quarter (January 1 to March 31) Pounds	Recapitulation (January 1 to March 31) Pounds
D&C Subtotal	249,667.06	524,208.20
FD&C Subtotal	4,151,785.73	8,848,437.61
External Subtotal	19853.82	37288.22
TOTAL STRAIGHT AND LAKES CERTIFIED, INCLUDING REPACKS	4421306.61	9409934.03
TOTAL MIXTURES CERTIFIED	600	700
TOTAL CERTIFIED	4421906.61	9410634.03

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