{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colours-in-food-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-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": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Colours permitted for use in certain foods only",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nPermitted colour\nFood\nMaximum level\nE 123 Amaranth\nAmericano\n100 mg/l (but see the entry for Americano in Schedule 3)\nAperitif wines, spirit drinks including products with less than 15% alcohol by volume\n30 mg/l\nBitter soda, bitter vino as mentioned in Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91\n100 mg/l (but see the entry for bitter soda, bitter vino in Schedule 3)\nFish roe\n30 mg/kg\nE 127 Erythrosine\nCocktail cherries and candied cherries\n200 mg/kg\nBigarreaux cherries in syrup and in cocktails\n150 mg/kg\nE 128 Red 2G\nBreakfast sausages with a minimum cereal content of 6%\nBurger meat with a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4%\n} 20 mg/kg\nE 154 Brown FK\nKippers\n20 mg/kg\nE 161g Canthaxanthin\nSaucisses de Strasbourg\n15 mg/kg\nE 173 Aluminium\nExternal coating of sugar confectionery for the decoration of cakes and pastries\nquantum satis\nE 174 Silver\nExternal coating of confectionery\nquantum satis\nDecoration of chocolates\nquantum satis\nLiqueurs\nquantun satis\nE 175 Gold\nExternal coating of confectionery\nquantum satis\nDecoration of chocolates\nquantum satis\nLiqueurs\nquantum satis\nE 180 Litholrubine BK\nEdible cheese rind\nquantum satis\nE 160b Annatto, Bixin, Norbixin\nMargarine, minarine, other fat emulsions, and fats essentially free from water\n10 mg/kg\nDecorations and coatings\n20 mg/kg\nFine bakery wares\n10 mg/kg\nEdible ices\n20 mg/kg\nLiqueurs, including fortified beverages with less than 15% alcohol by volume\n10 mg/l\nFlavoured processed cheese\n15 mg/kg\nRipened Orange, Yellow and broken-white cheese, Unflavoured processed cheese\n15 mg/kg\nDesserts\n10 mg/kg\n“Snacks”: dry, savoury potato, cereal or starch-based snack products:\n— Extruded or expanded savoury snack products\n20 mg/kg\n— Other savoury snack products and savoury coated nuts\n10 mg/kg\nSmoked fish\n10 mg/kg\nEdible cheese rind and edible casings\n20 mg/kg\nRed Leicester cheese\n50 mg/kg\nMimolette cheese\n35 mg/kg\nExtruded, puffed and/or fruit-flavoured breakfast cereals\n25 mg/kg",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 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/schedule/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."
}