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Food Safety Act (Cap. 449) Colours (Use In Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (L.N.92 Of 2007 )

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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>–

1. The title of these regulations is the Colours (Use in Foodstuffs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Colours (Use in Foodstuffs) Regulations, 1995, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

2. These regulations implement the provisions of Commission Directive 2006#33#EC of 20th March, 2006, and they shall enter into force on the 10th April, 2007.

3. In the Third Schedule to the principal regulations, for paragraph E 110 relating to Sunset Yellow FCF there shall be substituted the following>

Citation.

L.N. 107 of 1995

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Scope and commencement.

Amends the Third Schedule to the principal regulations.

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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 C16H10N2Na2O7S2
Molecular weight 452,37
Assay Content not less than 85 % total colouring matters calculated as the sodium salt
E1%/1cm 555 at ca 485 nm in aqueous solution at pH 7

A. Spectrometry
B. Orange solution in water
Maximum in water at ca 485 nm at pH 7

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

7-hydroxynaphthalene-1,3-disulfonic acid

4,4′-diazoaminodi(benzene sulfonic acid)

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

Total not more than 0,5 %

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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”.

4. In part 1 of the Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations, for paragraph E 171 relating to Titanium Dioxide, there shall be substituted the following>

Amends the Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations.

Class Inorganic
Colour Index No 77891
EINECS 236-675-5
Chemical names Titanium Dioxide
Chemical formula TiO2
Molecular weight 79,88
Assay Content not less than 99 % on an alumina and silica-free basis

Solubility Insoluble in water and organic solvents. Dissolves slowly in hydrofluoric acid and in hot concentrated sulfuric acid.

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Loss on Drying Not more than 0,5 % (105 oC, 3 hours)
Loss on Ignition Not more than 1,0 % on a volatile matter free basis (800 oC) 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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