Regulation 7 Sale of colours and food containing coloursI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

(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), 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.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 7 in operation at 22.4.1996, see reg. 1