The Colours in Food Regulations 1995

Sale of colours and food containing colours

7.—(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) above, 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.