
Article 1 

1. The use of the colour E 128 Red 2G in food, as referred to in Annex IV to Directive 94/36/EC, is suspended.
2. The placing on the market of food containing the colour E 128 Red 2G is suspended.
3. The import of food containing the colour E 128 Red 2G is suspended.
Article 2 

1. By derogation to Article 1(2), breakfast sausages and burger meat containing the colour E 128 Red 2G which have been placed on the market in accordance with Directive 94/36/EC before the date of entry into force of this Regulation may be marketed until their ‘use by’ date or their date of minimum durability.
2. Article 1 shall not apply to consignments of breakfast sausages and burger meat containing the colour E 128 Red 2G where the importer of such foodstuffs can demonstrate that they had been dispatched from the third country concerned and were en route to the Community before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 26 July 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission