{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Use of colours on eggshells",
  "text": "No person shall use any colour for—\n(a) the decorative colouring, or\n(b) the stamping (as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No. 1274/91, introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EEC) No. 1907/90 on certain marketing standards for eggs),\nof eggshells, other than a permitted colour.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L121, 16.5.91, p. 11."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/129",
      "affecting_title": "The Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2008/395",
      "affecting_title": "The Eggs and Chicks (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3124/regulation/5",
    "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."
}