Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. No. 49 of 1996).

These Regulations implement Community legislation laying down specific criteria of purity concerning the colours for use in foodstuffs. The principal provisions of the Regulations: prohibit the use of any colour in or on any food other than a permitted colour; prohibit the use of any permitted colour in or on any food, otherwise than in accordance with the Regulations (reg. 3); prohibit the use of any colour other than certain permitted colours for the health marking etc. of certain meat and meat products (reg. 4); prohibit the use of any colour on eggshells other than a permitted colour (reg. 5); prohibit the sale for use in or on any food of any colour other than a permitted colour; allow only certain permitted colours may be sold directly to consumers; prohibit the sale of any food containing any added colour other than a permitted colour used in or on it in accordance with the Regulations (reg. 7).