Regulation 7 Sale of colours and food containing colours
(1)
No person shall sell any colour for use in or on food unless such colour is a permitted colour.
(2)
No person shall sell directly to the consumer any colour other than a specified permitted colour.
(3)
For the purposes of paragraph (2) above, a “specified permitted colour” shall be any permitted colour other than—
(a)
E 123 Amaranth;
(b)
E 127 Erythrosine;
(c)
E 128 Red 2G;
(d)
E 154 Brown FK;
(e)
E 160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin;
(f)
E 161g Canthaxanthin;
(g)
E 173 Aluminium, and
(h)
E 180 Litholrubine BK.
(4)
No person shall sell any food having in it or on it any added colour other than a permitted colour that has been used in or on that food without contravening any of the provisions of regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6.