IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention 2.2.2.2 Commercial sources
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46 2.2.3.3 Use and application Canthaxanthin (ECI61g) is approved for use as a food additive in the European Community but only for the colouring of Strasbourg sausages to a level of 15 mg/kg (Klepsch & Baltas, 1994). The predominant uses of canthaxanthin are in feed for laying hens, in order to colour egg yolks, in broiler production and in salmon and trout farming. Canthaxanthin has been marketed under a number of trade names as a tablet for 'tanning' the skin, in which deposition in subcutaneous tissues simulates the appearance of a tan, but this use has been discontinued in some countries. ln Europe, capsules containing 10 mg ß-carotene and 15 mg canthaxanthin are used at doses.: 150 mg/d as a treatment for erythropoietic protoporphyria.
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