Colours (Use in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

L.N. 92 of 2007

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

Colours (Use in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food Safety

Act, the Minister of Health, the Elderly and Community Care has made

the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Colours (Use in Foodstuffs) Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Colours (Use in Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1995, L.N. 107 of 1995.

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

These regulations implement the provisions of Commission Scope and

commencement.

Directive 2006#33#EC of 20 th March, 2006, and they shall enter into

force on the 10 th April, 2007.

In the Third Schedule to the principal regulations, for paragraph Amends the Third

E 110 relating to Sunset Yellow FCF there shall be substituted the Schedule

principal

following>

regulations.

“E 110 SUNSET YELLOW FCF

CI Food Yellow 3, Orange Yellow S

Synonyms

Sunset Yellow FCF consists essentially of disodium 2-

Definition

hydroxy-1-(4-sulfonatophenylazo) naphthalene-6-

sulfonate and subsidiary colouring matters together with

sodium chloride and/or sodium sulfate as the principal

uncoloured components.

Sunset Yellow FCF is described as the sodium salt. The

calcium and the potassium salt are also permitted.

Class

Monoazo

Colour Index No

15985

EINECS

220-491-7

Chemical names

Disodium 2-hydroxy-1-(4-

sulfonatophenylazo)naphthalene-6-sulfonate

Chemical formula

C 16 H 10 N 2 Na 2 O 7 S 2

Molecular weight

452,37

Assay

Content not less than 85 % total colouring matters

calculated as the sodium salt

E 1% / 1cm 555 at ca 485 nm in aqueous solution at pH 7

Orange-red powder or granules

Description

Identification

A. Spectrometry

Maximum in water at ca 485 nm at pH 7

B. Orange solution in water

Purity

Water insoluble matter

Not more than 0,2 %

Subsidiary colouring matters

Not more than 5,0 %

1-(Phenylazo)-2-naphthalenol (Sudan I)

Not more than 0,5 mg/kg

Organic compounds other than colouring

matters

4-aminobenzene-1-sulfonic acid

3-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid

6-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid

Total not more than 0,5 %

7-hydroxynaphthalene-1,3-disulfonic acid

4,4′-diazoaminodi(benzene sulfonic acid)

6,6′-oxydi(naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid)

Unsulfonated primary aromatic amines

Not more than 0,01 % (calculated as aniline)

Ether extractable matter

Not more than 0,2 % under neutral conditions

Arsenic

Not more than 3 mg/kg

Lead

Not more than 2 mg/kg

Mercury

Not more than 1 mg/kg

Cadmium

Not more than 1 mg/kg”.

In part 1 of the Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations, for Amends

the Fifth

Schedule to the

paragraph E 171 relating to Titanium Dioxide, there shall be substituted principal

regulations.

the following>

“E 171 TITANIUM DIOXIDE

CI Pigment White 6

Synonyms

Titanium dioxide consists essentially of pure anatase and/or

Definition

rutile titanium dioxide which may be coated with small

amounts of alumina and/or silica to improve the technological

properties of the product.

Class

Inorganic

Colour Index No

77891

EINECS

236-675-5

Chemical names

Titanium Dioxide

Chemical formula

TiO 2

Molecular weight

79,88

Assay

Content not less than 99 % on an alumina and silica-free basis

White to slightly coloured powder

Description

Identification

Solubility

Insoluble in water and organic solvents. Dissolves slowly in

hydrofluoric acid and in hot concentrated sulfuric acid.

Purity

Not more than 0,5 % (105 o C, 3 hours)

Loss on Drying

Not more than 1,0 % on a volatile matter free basis (800 o C)

Loss on Ignition

Aluminum oxide and/or silicon dioxide

Total not more than 2,0 %

Matter soluble in 0,5 N HCl

Not more than 0,5 % on an alumina and silica-free basis and,

in addition, for products containing alumina and/or silica, not

more than 1,5 % on the basis of the product as sold.

Water soluble matter

Not more than 0,5 %

Cadmium

Not more than 1mg/kg

Antimony

Not more than 50mg/kg by total dissolution

Arsenic

Not more than 3 mg/kg by total dissolution

Lead

Not more than 10 mg/kg by total dissolution

Mercury

Not more than 1 mg/kg by total dissolution

Zinc

Not more than 50 mg/kg by total dissolution”.

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