Colours in Food Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Regulation 3(3) and (4)

SCHEDULE 4 Colours permitted for use in certain foods only

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Permitted colour	Food	Maximum level
E 123 Amaranth	Americano	100 mg/l (but see the entry for Americano in Schedule 3)
	Aperitif wines, spirit drinks including products with less than 15% alcohol by volume	30 mg/l
	Bitter soda, bitter vino as mentioned in Regulation (EEC) No. 1601/91	100 mg/l (but see the entry for bitter soda, bitter vino in Schedule 3)
	Fish roe	30 mg/kg
E 127 Erythrosine	Cocktail cherries and candied cherries	200 mg/kg
	Bigarreaux cherries in syrup and in cocktails	150 mg/kg
E 128 Red 2G	Breakfast sausages with a minimum cereal content of 6% Burger meat with a minimum vegetable and/or cereal content of 4%	} 20 mg/kg
E 154 Brown FK	Kippers	20 mg/kg
E 161g Canthaxanthin	Saucisses de Strasbourg	15 mg/kg
E 173 Aluminium	External coating of sugar confectionery for the decoration of cakes and pastries	quantum satis
E 174 Silver	External coating of confectionery	quantum satis
	Decoration of chocolates	quantum satis
	Liqueurs	quantun satis
E 175 Gold	External coating of confectionery	quantum satis
	Decoration of chocolates	quantum satis
	Liqueurs	quantum satis
E 180 Litholrubine BK	Edible cheese rind	quantum satis
E 160b Annatto, Bixin, Norbixin	Margarine, minarine, other fat emulsions, and fats essentially free from water	10 mg/kg
	Decorations and coatings	20 mg/kg
	Fine bakery wares	10 mg/kg
	Edible ices	20 mg/kg
	Liqueurs, including fortified beverages with less than 15% alcohol by volume	10 mg/l
	Flavoured processed cheese	15 mg/kg
	Ripened Orange, Yellow and broken-white cheese, Unflavoured processed cheese	15 mg/kg
	Desserts	10 mg/kg
	“Snacks”: dry, savoury potato, cereal or starch-based snack products:
	— Extruded or expanded savoury snack products	20 mg/kg
	— Other savoury snack products and savoury coated nuts	10 mg/kg
	Smoked fish	10 mg/kg
	Edible cheese rind and edible casings	20 mg/kg
	Red Leicester cheese	50 mg/kg
	Mimolette cheese	35 mg/kg
	Extruded, puffed and/or fruit-flavoured breakfast cereals	25 mg/kg