Whether it considers that any further food additives or colourants should be banned from food produced or sold in Scotland.

Responsibility for food law in Scotland lies with the Food Standards Agency, including the legislation on food additives and colours.
The agency has advised me that the use of additives in all foods is strictly regulated at European level and kept under constant review. It is the agency’s policy that no additive should be permitted unless there is convincing evidence that it will not harm consumers. Safety is the over-riding concern when food additives are being evaluated.
The agency has informed me that the list of permitted additives (other than colours and sweeteners), and their conditions of use, is currently being updated in line with advice from the Scientific Committee on Food (now the European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Panel on Food Additives) and to take account of technological progress.
There are currently no plans to update the list of permitted colours in food.