{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/49",
  "legislation_title": "Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "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 or any other marking required on any meat or 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).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 22.4.1996, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/49",
      "affecting_title": "Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/49/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:20.234202+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."
}