Food (Colouring Substances) Regulations, 2006

Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ ¡â¨ 1,472/19 2006 ï¾åÉæ�ÂÚ 23 Éæ¾è ÂòÍÌàÀºø¾à¼å 2006.11.23 No. 1,472/19 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2006 The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL FOOD ACT, NO. 26 OF 1980 ¡ºø �ïÊË EXTRAORDINARY REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition in consultation with the Food Advisory Committee under Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980. NIMAL SIRIPALA DE SILVA, Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition. Colombo, 10th Novermber, 2006. Regulations 1. These regulations may be cited as the Food (Colouring Substances) Regulations - 2006 and shall come into operation with effect from 1st May, 2007. 2. No person shall, advertise or use any colouring substance as an ingredient in the preparation of food unless such colouring substance is a permitted colouring substance (hereinafter referred to as the “permitted colouring substance”) specified in Table I and Table II of Schedule I hereto. 3. No person shall manufacture, import, sell, expose for sale , store, distribute, transport or advertise any food which has in it or on it any colouring substance other than a permitted colouring substance specified in Table I and Table II of Schedule I hereto. 4. No person shall advertise or use any diluent for diluting a permitted colouring substance, other than a diluent specified in Table III of the Schedule I hereto. 5. No person shall manufacture, import, sell, expose for sale, store, distribute, transport or advertise the following food products which has in it or on it any colouring substance except as provided for in regulation 6: (i) any raw or unprocessed meat; (ii) game; (iii) poultry; (iv) fish; (v) fruit; (vi) vegetable; (vii) coffee bean; (viii) ground coffee; (ix) coffee essence; L.D.B. -11/80 (III). 1 A Bem ecionada sendort dadded od cox ED DONS The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka EXTRAORDINARY #oed 1,472/19 — 2006 omd,9AS 23 DS QnssSoe) - 2006.11.23 No. 1,472/19 — THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2006 (Published by Authority) PART I: SECTION (JD — GENERAL FOOD ACT, NO. 26 OF 1980 L.D.B. -11/80 (ID. REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition in consultation with the Food Advisory Committee under Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980. NIMAL SIRIPALA DE SILVA, Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition. Colombo, 10th Novermber, 2006. Regulations 1. These regulations may be cited as the Food (Colouring Substances) Regulations - 2006 and shall come into operation with effect from Ist May, 2007. 2. No person shall, advertise or use any colouring substance as an ingredient in the preparation of food unless such colouring substance is a permitted colouring substance (hereinafter referred to as the “permitted colouring substance’) specified in Table I and Table II of Schedule I hereto. 3. No person shall manufacture, import, sell, expose for sale , store, distribute, transport or advertise any food which has in it or on it any colouring substance other than a permitted colouring substance specified in Table I and Table II of Schedule I hereto. 4. No person shall advertise or use any diluent for diluting a permitted colouring substance, other than a diluent specified in Table III of the Schedule I hereto. 5. No person shall manufacture, import, sell, expose for sale, store, distribute, transport or advertise the following food products which has in it or on it any colouring substance except as provided for in regulation 6: (i) any raw or unprocessed meat; (ii) game; (iii) poultry; (iv) fish; (v) fruit; (vi) vegetable; (vii) coffee bean; (vill) ground coffee; (ix) coffee essence; 1A 2 A I Éæ¾ø ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2006.11.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.11.2006 (x) tea; (xi) bread other than special types of bread; (xii) cream; (xiii) liquid milk whether skimmed or not; (xiv) condensed milk; (xv) powdered (dried) milk; 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 5, the food products specified in Column I of Schedule II hereto, may contain permitted colouring substances specified in the corresponding entry of column II thereof. 7. (a) Where the addition to food, of a synthetic colouring subtance is permitted by these regulations, the proportion of the synthetic colouring substance present shall not exceed as a single component or in combination, of hundred milligrams per one kilogram, of the food or beverage ready for consumption. (b) Any liquid colouring substance may contain not more than 400 milligrams of benzoic acid as permitted preservatives per One kilogram of the preparation. 8. No person shall use or advertise any colouring substance (including any colouring substance which is an ingredient of any colouring compound or any colouring and flavoring compound) for the preparation of any food unless such colouring substance or such compound is packaged in a container bearing a label in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of schedule III. 9. The label on every container or package of food to which a permitted colouring substance as specified in these regulations has been added shall have a declaration as set out in Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations - 2005 published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 1376/9 of 19th January, 2005. 10. For the purposes of these regulations— “colouring substance” means any permitted colouring substance specified in Schedule I to these regulations; “colouring compound” means a product prepared by admixing one or more permitted colouring substances; “diluent” means a liquid to mix with a colouring substance or substances to facilitate the use of the mixer in colouring food; SCHEDULE I TABLE I Synthetic dyes that are permitted to be used as colouring substance in food Colour Common Name Colour Index INS Number Red Carmosine 14720 122 Ponceau 4R 16255 124 Erythroseine 45430 127 Yellow Sunset yellow FCF 15985 110 Tartrazine 19140 102 Blue Indigo carmine 73015 132 (Indigotine) Brilliant Blue FCF 42090 133 Green Green S 44090 142 2A 1 0:8 oen08s : (I) odes - G EM) GHMDHI#s sOotsOe Snddad ¢S Seas Qs sacs - 2006.11.23 Part I: Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA — 23.11.2006 (x) tea; (xi) bread other than special types of bread; (xii) cream; (xiii) liquid milk whether skimmed or not; (xiv) condensed milk; (xv) powdered (dried) milk; 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 5, the food products specified in Column I of Schedule II hereto, may contain permitted colouring substances specified in the corresponding entry of column II thereof. 7. (a) Where the addition to food, of a synthetic colouring subtance is permitted by these regulations, the proportion of the synthetic colouring substance present shall not exceed as a single component or in combination, of hundred milligrams per one kilogram, of the food or beverage ready for consumption. (b) Any liquid colouring substance may contain not more than 400 milligrams of benzoic acid as permitted preservatives per One kilogram of the preparation. 8. No person shall use or advertise any colouring substance (including any colouring substance which is an ingredient of any colouring compound or any colouring and flavoring compound) for the preparation of any food unless such colouring substance or such compound is packaged in a container bearing a label in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of schedule III. 9. The label on every container or package of food to which a permitted colouring substance as specified in these regulations has been added shall have a declaration as set out in Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulations - 2005 published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 1376/9 of 19th January, 2005. 10. For the purposes of these regulations— “colouring substance” means any permitted colouring substance specified in Schedule I to these regulations; “colouring compound” means a product prepared by admixing one or more permitted colouring substances; “diluent” means a liquid to mix with a colouring substance or substances to facilitate the use of the mixer in colouring food; SCHEDULE I TABLE I Synthetic dyes that are permitted to be used as colouring substance in food Colour Common Name Colour Index INS Number Red Carmosine 14720 122 Ponceau 4R 16255 124 Erythroseine 45430 127 Yellow Sunset yellow FCF 15985 110 Tartrazine 19140 102 Blue Indigo carmine 73015 132 (Indigotine) Brilliant Blue FCF 42090 133 Green Green S 44090 142 3 A I Éæ¾ø ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2006.11.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.11.2006 The synthetic dyes specified in the Table I above shall conform to the following standard Pure dye minimum 85.0% Water insoluble matter maximum 0.1% Subsidiary dye maximum 4.0% Ether extractable matter maximum 0.2% Intermediates maximum 0.5% TABLE II Other colouring substances permitted to be used in food INS Number Natural Colouring Substance Colour Index 100 Curcumin 75300 120 Cochineal (Carminic acid) 75470 140 Chlorophyll 75810 150 b Caramel 160 a Carotenes (alpha, beta or gamma) 75130 160 b Annatto 75120 160 c Capsanthin or capsorubin 160 d Lycopene 75125 160 e Beta-apo-8’-cartenal 160 f Methyl or ethyl ester of beta-apo-8’ carotenoic acid 161 a Flavoxanthin 75135 162 Beetroot Red (betanin) 163 Anthocyanins 171 Titanium dioxide 77891 PERMITTED DILUENTS TABLE III The following diluents are permitted to be used in colouring preparations 1- For colouring preparation in powdered form anhydrous sodium sulphate sodium chloride sucrose dextrose cornflour starch 2- For colouring preparations in liquid form water ethyl alcohol edible oil sugar syrup sorbitol glycerine propylene glycol 1 0:8 oa0e : (I) odes - G EM) GHMDH#sD sOosOE SHdad 3 Seas QE sacs - 2006.11.23 Part I: Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA — 23.11.2006 3A The synthetic dyes specified in the Table I above shall conform to the following standard Pure dye minimum 85.0% Water insoluble matter maximum 0.1% Subsidiary dye maximum 4.0% Ether extractable matter maximum 0.2% Intermediates maximum 0.5% TABLE II Other colouring substances permitted to be used in food INS Number Natural Colouring Substance Colour Index 100 Curcumin 75300 120 Cochineal (Carminic acid) 75470 140 Chlorophyll 75810 150b Caramel 160a Carotenes (alpha, beta or gamma) 75130 160b Annatto 75120 160c Capsanthin or capsorubin 160d Lycopene 75125 160e Beta-apo-8’ -cartenal 160f Methyl or ethyl ester of beta-apo-8’ carotenoic acid l6la Flavoxanthin 75135 162 Beetroot Red (betanin) 163 Anthocyanins 171 Titanium dioxide 77891 PERMITTED DILUENTS TABLE III The following diluents are permitted to be used in colouring preparations 1- For colouring preparation in powdered form anhydrous sodium sulphate sodium chloride sucrose dextrose cornflour starch 2- For colouring preparations in liquid form water ethyl alcohol edible oil sugar syrup sorbitol glycerine propylene glycol 4 A I Éæ¾ø ï¨å´Ì : (I) ï¯¼Æ Êòé Èâ¨å Àò°åºå¾àºòè¨ ÌÄå°Éå¼û °¾Ç°ïÆà ¡ºø �ïÊË ªæÌ� ÀºòÆ 2006.11.23 PART I : SEC. (I) – GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA – 23.11.2006 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA. SCHEDULE II COLUMN I COLUMN II Food product Colouring substance 1. flavored milk Any permitted colouring substance 2. yoghurt Any permitted colouring substance 3. oranges which have on the peel of it, the words “colour added” Any permitted colouring substance 4. butter carotene annatto turmeric 5. hard cheese, carotene soft cheese, annatto whey cheese or any other form of cheese 6. rind of hard cheese any permitted colouring substance SCHEDULE III 1. Each container or package to which regulation 8 applies shall bear a Label indicating a statement— (a) of each permitted colouring substance, the common or usual name or the appropriate designation of that permitted colouring substance and the number under which the colour is indexed (INS number); (b) where more than one substances are present, the common or usual name or an appropriate designation of each such substance and the numbers under which such colours are indexed (INS number) ; (c) where a permitted colouring substance is admixed with a diluent the proportions of the diluent and the colouring substance present, in the diluted preparation. 2. Any statement required to be printed in terms of paragraphs 1— (a) shall be clear and legible; (b) shall be in a conspicuous position on the label which shall be securely attached to the container or package in such a manner that the statement shall be easily read and understood by a prospective buyer under normal conditions of purchase ; (c) shall not be in any way hidden or obscured by any other matter. 12-336 4A 1 0:8 oen08s : (I) odes - G EM) GHMDHI#s sOotsOe Snddad ¢S Seas Qs sacs - 2006.11.23 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA — 23.11.2006 SCHEDULE II Cotumn I Cotumn IT Food product Colouring substance 1. flavored milk Any permitted colouring substance 2. yoghurt Any permitted colouring substance 3. oranges which have on the peel of it, the words “colour added” Any permitted colouring substance 4. butter carotene annatto turmeric 5. hard cheese, carotene soft cheese, annatto whey cheese or any other form of cheese 6. rind of hard cheese any permitted colouring substance SCHEDULE I 1. Each container or package to which regulation 8 applies shall bear a Label indicating a statement— (a) of each permitted colouring substance, the common or usual name or the appropriate designation of that permitted colouring substance and the number under which the colour is indexed (INS number); (b) where more than one substances are present, the common or usual name or an appropriate designation of each such substance and the numbers under which such colours are indexed (INS number) ; (c) where a permitted colouring substance is admixed with a diluent the proportions of the diluent and the colouring substance present, in the diluted preparation. 2. Any statement required to be printed in terms of paragraphs 1— (a) shall be clear and legible; (b) shall be in a conspicuous position on the label which shall be securely attached to the container or package in such a manner that the statement shall be easily read and understood by a prospective buyer under normal conditions of purchase ; (c) shall not be in any way hidden or obscured by any other matter. 12-336 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.