# The Colours in Food Regulations 1995, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3124/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/regulation-7
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