Food (Colouring Substances) Regulations, 2006

§Co~J 9ciJ~J~@~ ~@Jci~J~ ci~ociG'cl ~1~~ O~~ if£) ~~~~ The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic ofSri Lanka EXTRAORDINARY qo2:l) 1688/28 - 2011 02S)elJ6' 14 ell~ S~OJ«J - 2011.01.14 No. 1688/28-FRIDAY, JANUARY 14,2011 (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) - GENERAL Government Notifications L.D.- B.1l/80. FOOD ACT, No. 26 OF 1980 REGULATIONS made by the Minister ofHealth under section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 in consultation with the Food Advisory Committee. Maithripala Sirisena, Minister ofHealth. Ministry ofHealth, Colombo, 8th January, 2011. Regulations "The Food (Colouring Substances) Regulations - 2006" published in the Gazette Extraordinay; No. 1472/19 of November 23,2006 as amended by Regulation published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1585/26 ofJanuary 23,2009 is hereby further amended as follows: (1) in regulation 5 thereof, by the substitution for paragraph (iv) of that regulation of the following: "(iv) fish, molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms;". (2) in Schedule I thereto, by the repeal of Table I and II of that Schedule and the substitution therefor of the following: "TABLE-I Synthetic dyes that are permitted to be used as colouring substances in food No. Column I Column II Column III Colour Common Name INS Number 1 Red 1Carmoisine (Azorubine) 122 2Ponceau4R 124 3 Erythrosine 127 4 Allura Red 129 2 Yellow 1 Sunset yellow FCF no 2 Tartrazine 102 3 Blue 1 Indigotine 132 2 (Indigo carmine) 3 Brilliant Blue FCF 133 4 Green 1 Fast Green FCF 143 1A 2A I lS'tnJi)e:l : (I) lS'd<;~ - § GotnJ gciJtsmrll§tn e:l@hciEh~ ci~QcilS'd q63 C'lS'g;)l!e (l')l=el c~~ - 2011.01.14 PART 1 : SEC. (I) - GAZETIE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 14.01.2011 TABLE-n Other Colouring substances permiued to be used No. Column! Column II Natural Colouring Substances • INS Number 1 Curcumin 100(i) 2 Riboflavin 5~Ph()sphate 101(i) 3 Riboflavin 5' Phosphate, sodium 101(ii) 4 Cochineal (Carminic acid, Carmines). . 120 5 Ch1orophylls 140 6 ChlorophyllsCopper Complex 141(i) 7 Caramel Class I 150a 8 Caramel Class TIl l50c 9 Caramel Class IV 150d 10 Carotenes, Natural Extracts, (Vegetable) 160a(ii) 11 Annatto Extracts 160b 12 Paprika oleoresin (Capsanthin or Capsorubin) l60c 13 Lycopene 160d 14 . Carotenal;Beta-Apo-8 l60e . " 15 " Carotenoic acid,Methyl or Ethyl ester ofBeta .:Apo-8'- 160£ 16 Flavoxanthin 161a 17 "Canthaxanthin ". 161g 18 Beet Red (betanin) 162 19 Anthocyanin 163(i) ~ .Grape Skin Extract 163(it) 21 Titanium dioxide 171" 01-695 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.