FD&C Yellow No. 5
For FD&C Yellow No. 5, us food use status is may be safely used for coloring foods (including dietary supplements) generally in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice, verified against its source on 2026-08-10.
- Color additive name
- FD&C Yellow No. 5 verified
- US FD&C designation
- FD&C Yellow No. 5 verified
- US food use status
- may be safely used for coloring foods (including dietary supplements) generally in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice verified
What the source says
FD&C Yellow No. 5 may be safely used for coloring foods (including dietary supplements) generally in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice, except that it may not be used to color foods for which standards of identity have been promulgated under section 401 of the act unless added color is authorized by such standards.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-74