The Colours in Food Regulations 1995

Use of colours in or on food

3.—(1) No person shall use in or on any food any colour other than a permitted colour.

(2) No person shall use any permitted colour in or on any food listed in Schedule 2 except in accordance with paragraph 3(a) below.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below and to regulations 4, 5 and 6, no person shall use any permitted colour in or on any food unless—

(a)the food is one listed—

(i)in Column 1 of Schedule 3, in which case there may be used in or on such food any permitted colour which is listed in relation to it in Column 2 of Schedule 3 in an amount not exceeding the maximum level for such permitted colour in or on such food as listed in Column 3 of Schedule 3; or

(ii)in Column 2 of Schedule 4, in which case there may be used in or on such food any permitted colour which is listed in relation to it in Column 1 of Schedule 4 in an amount not exceeding the maximum level for such permitted colour in or on such food as listed in Column 3 of Schedule 4; or

(iii)in Part III of Schedule 5, in which case there may be used in or on such food any of the permitted colours listed in Parts I or II of Schedule 5 in accordance with the conditions contained in that Schedule governing the use of such colours in or on such foods;

(b)the food is not listed in either Schedule 2 or in Column 1 of Schedule 3, in which case there may be used in or on such food any one or more of the permitted colours listed in Part I of Schedule 5 up to an amount (in each case) ofquantum satis.

(4) No person shall use any permitted colour listed in Column 1 of Schedule 4 in or on any food other than the food or foods listed in relation to that permitted colour in Column 2 of that Schedule.