# Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 6: Use of colours in or on compound foods

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any food in or on which a permitted colour is used without contravening any of the provisions of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of regulation 3 may itself be used as an ingredient in a compound food in or on which the use of such colour is not otherwise permitted, and the presence in or on that compound food of such colour as a result of its containing such an ingredient shall not constitute a contravention of any of the provisions of those paragraphs of regulation 3.
(2) There may be used in or on a food any permitted colour the use of which would otherwise constitute a contravention of any of the provisions of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of regulation 3, where such a food is destined to be used solely in the preparation of a compound food and the resulting presence in or on that compound food of such colour does not itself constitute a contravention of any of the provisions of those paragraphs of regulation 3.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of any compound food listed in Schedule 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/49/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-6
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