{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/3124",
  "legislation_title": "The Colours in Food Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "FOODS WHICH MAY NOT CONTAIN ADDED COLOURS, EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR IN SCHEDULES 3, 4 OR 5",
  "text": "(The designations used in this Schedule do not prejudice the “carry over” principle in cases where products contain ingredients with legitimate colouring in their own right)\n1 Unprocessed foodstuffs\n2 All bottled or packed waters\n3 Milk, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk, pasteurised or sterilised (including UHT sterilisation) (unflavoured)\n4 Chocolate milk\n5 Fermented milk (unflavoured)\n6 Preserved milks as mentioned in Directive 76/118/EEC\n7 Butter-milk (unflavoured)\n8 Cream and cream powder (unflavoured)\n9 Oils and fats of animal or vegetable origin\n10 Eggs and egg products as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 89/437/EEC\n11 Flour and other milled products and starches\n12 Bread and similar products\n13 Pasta and gnocchi\n14 Sugar, including all monoand disaccharides\n15 Tomato paste and canned and bottled tomatoes\n16 Tomato-based sauces\n17 Fruit juice and fruit nectar as mentioned in Directive 93/77/EEC and vegetable juice\n18 Fruit, vegetables (including potatoes) and mushrooms—canned, bottled or dried; processed fruit, vegetables (including potatoes) and mushrooms\n19 Extra jam, extra jelly, and chestnut purée as mentioned in Directive 79/693/EEC; crème de pruneaux\n20 Fish, molluscs and crustaceans, meat, poultry and game as well as their preparations, but not including prepared meals containing these ingredients.\n21 Cocoa products and chocolate components in chocolate products as mentioned in Directive 73/241/EEC\n22 Roasted coffee, tea, chicory; tea and chicory extracts; tea, plant, fruit and cereal preparations for infusions, as well as mixes and instant mixes of these products\n23 Salt, salt substitutes, spices and mixtures of spices\n24 Wine and other products defined by Regulation (EEC) No 822/87\n25 Korn, Kornbrand, fruit spirit drinks, fruit spirits, Ouzo, Grappa, Tsikoudia from Crete, Tsipouro from Macedonia, Tsipouro from Thessaly, Tsipouro from Tyrnavos, Eau de vie de marc Marque nationale luxembourgeoise, Eau de vie de seigle Marque nationale luxembourgeoise, London gin, as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89\n26 Sambuca, Maraschino and Mistra as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 1180/91\n27 Sangria, Clarea and Zurra as mentioned in Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91\n28 Wine vinegar\n29 Foods for infants and young children as mentioned in Directive 89/398/EEC including foods for infants and young children not in good health\n30 Honey\n31 Malt and malt products\n32 Ripened and unripened cheese (unflavoured)\n33 Butter from sheep and goats' milk",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L24, 30.1.76, p. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L212, 27.7.89, p. 87."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L224, 30.9.93, p. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L205, 13.8.79, p. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No. L228, 16.8.73, p. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ No. L84, 27.3.87, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ No. L160, 12.6.89, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "OJ No. L115, 8.5.91, p. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "OJ No. L149, 14.6.91, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "OJ No. L186, 30.6.89, p. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/3037",
      "affecting_title": "The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1659",
      "affecting_title": "The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/85",
      "affecting_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2008/12",
      "affecting_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/3053",
      "affecting_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Wales) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1596",
      "affecting_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (England) Regulations 2003 (revoked)"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1564",
      "affecting_title": "The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (England) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2003/3041",
      "affecting_title": "The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Wales) Regulations 2003 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "wsi/2008/137",
      "affecting_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2003/311",
      "affecting_title": "The Condensed Milk and Dried Milk (Scotland) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2003/293",
      "affecting_title": "The Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars (Scotland) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2003/291",
      "affecting_title": "The Cocoa and Chocolate Products (Scotland) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3124/schedule/2",
    "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."
}