# The Colours in Food Regulations 1995, Regulation 3: Use of colours in or on food


(1) No person shall use in or on any food any colour other than a permitted colour.
(2) No person shall use any permitted colour in or on any food listed in Schedule 2 except in accordance with paragraph 3(a) below.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below and to regulations 4, 5 and 6, no person shall use any permitted colour in or on any food unless—
(a) the food is one listed—
(i) in Column 1 of Schedule 3, in which case there may be used in or on such food any permitted colour which is listed in relation to it in Column 2 of Schedule 3 in an amount not exceeding the maximum level for such permitted colour in or on such food as listed in Column 3 of Schedule 3; or
(ii) in Column 2 of Schedule 4, in which case there may be used in or on such food any permitted colour which is listed in relation to it in Column 1 of Schedule 4 in an amount not exceeding the maximum level for such permitted colour in or on such food as listed in Column 3 of Schedule 4; or
(iii) in Part III of Schedule 5, in which case there may be used in or on such food any of the permitted colours listed in Parts I or II of Schedule 5 in accordance with the conditions contained in that Schedule governing the use of such colours in or on such foods;
(b) the food is not listed in either Schedule 2 or in Column 1 of Schedule 3, in which case there may be used in or on such food any one or more of the permitted colours listed in Part I of Schedule 5 up to an amount (in each case) ofquantum satis.
(4) No person shall use any permitted colour listed in Column 1 of Schedule 4 in or on any food other than the food or foods listed in relation to that permitted colour in Column 2 of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3124/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/regulation-3
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