Alexander, JansBarregård, LarsBignami, MargheritaCeccatelli, SandraCottrill, BruceDinovi, MichaelEdler, LutzGrasl-Kraupp, BettinaHogstrand, ChristerHoogenboom, Laurentius (Ron)Knutsen, Helle KatrineNebbia, Carlo StefanoOswald, IsabellePetersen, AnnetteRogiers, Vera MariaRose, MartinRoudot, Alain-ClaudeSchwerdtle, TanjaVleminckx, ChristianeVollmer, GünterWallace, HeatherEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)2016-08-042016-08-042016-07-27Alexander, J, Barregård, L, Bignami, M, Ceccatelli, S, Cottrill, B, Dinovi, M, Edler, L, Grasl-Kraupp, B, Hogstrand, C, Hoogenboom, L, Knutsen, H K, Nebbia, C S, Oswald, I, Petersen, A, Rogiers, V M, Rose, M, Roudot, A-C, Schwerdtle, T, Vleminckx, C, Vollmer, G, Wallace, H & EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) 2016, 'Malachite green in food', EFSA Journal, vol. 14, no. 7, e04530, pp. 1-80. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2016.45302666-3066http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6314The Panel wishes to thank the members of the Standing Working Group on non-allowed pharmacologically active substances in food and feed and their reference points for action (2015–2018): Metka Filipič, Peter Fürst, Laurentius (Ron) Hoogenboom, Anne-Katrine Lundebye, Carlo Stefano Nebbia, Michael O'Keeffe and Rolaf Van Leeuwen for the preparatory work on this scientific output, the hearing expert: Eva Persson, and EFSA staff members: Katleen Baert and Sofia Ioannidou for the support provided to this scientific opinion. The CONTAM Panel acknowledges all European competent institutions and other stakeholders that provided occurrence data on malachite green and leucomalachite green in food, and supported the data collection for the Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database.804770976engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingmalachite greenleucomalachite greenfish and fish productscrustaceansreference point for actiondyerisk assessmentR MedicineRJournal article10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4530147