{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3124",
  "legislation_title": "The Colours in Food Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Health marking etc. of certain meat and meat products",
  "text": "No person shall use any colour for the purpose of any health marking as provided for in the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995 or any other marking required on any meat product, other than the permitted colours—\n(a) E 155 Brown HT;\n(b) E 133 Brilliant Blue FCF;\n(c) E 129 Allura Red AC, or\n(d) an appropriate mixture of (b) and (c) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/539, to which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2006/3",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/14",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2006/31",
      "affecting_title": "The Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3124/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:56:55.708248+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}