The Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987

Made: 18th November 1987

Laid before Parliament: 2nd December 1987

Coming into force: 23rd December 1987

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4, 7 and 56 of the Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 ([^f00002]) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation in accordance with section 56(6) of the said Act with such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by these Regulations, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987, and shall come into force on 23rd December 1987.

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

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The Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1973([^f00002]) 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.

Signed

Sanderson of Bowden — Minister of State, Scottish Office — 18th November 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply to Scotland and come into force on 23rd December 1987. They further amend the Colouring Matter in Food (Scotland) Regulations 1973 by—

• (a) prohibiting the presence in food specially prepared for babies and young children of added colouring matter other than the vitamin sources Riboflavin or Lactoflavin E101, Riboflavin-5'- phosphate and beta-Carotene E160 which comply with prescribed purity criteria (regulation 2(a));

• (b) removing Yellow 2G from the list of colouring matter permitted in or on food (regulation 2(b));

• (c) revoking the permission for citrus fruit to be marked with Methyl Violet (regulation 2(c)).

Footnotes

[^f00002]: S.I. 1973/1310; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1975/1595, 1976/2232 and 1979/107