The Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987

Amendment of the Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1973

2.  The Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1973((1)) shall be further amended—

(a) by substituting for regulation 5(2) thereof the following paragraphs:—

“(2) Save as hereinafter provided, no food specially prepared for babies and young children, tea (whether in leaf or essence form), coffee, coffee product, condensed milk or dried milk sold, consigned, delivered or imported into Scotland for human consumption shall have in it or on it any added colouring matter.

(2A) Nothing in the preceding paragraph shall prohibit the presence in food specially prepared for babies and young children of any of the vitamin sources Riboflavin or Lactoflavin E101, Riboflavin-5-phosphate and beta-Carotene E160(a) which complies with the specific purity criteria specified in relation thereto in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations and with the general purity criteria specified in Part III of that Schedule.”

(b) by deleting from the table in Part I of Schedule 1 thereto (which describes permitted colouring matter) and from Part II of that Schedule (which specifies the specific purity criteria relating to that colouring matter) the items relating to the colouring matter Yellow 2G;

(c) by deleting the final entry in each of Columns 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 3 thereto (which specifies colouring matter permitted only in certain foods), namely, the words “Citrus fruit”, “Methyl Violet” and “For marking only” respectively.

(1)

S.I. 1973/1310; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1975/1595, 1976/2232 and 1979/107