FIFTH SCHEDULE
Regulation 20(2)
Permitted colouring matters
Part I
Synthetic Organic Colours
1.Red Shade:
 
 
 allura red AC
 
Colour Index 16035
 amaranth
 
Colour Index 16185
 carmoisine
 
Colour Index 14720
 erythrosine
 
Colour Index 45430
 ponceau 4R
 
Colour Index 16255
2.Yellow shade:
 
 
 quinoline yellow
 
Colour Index 47005
 sunset yellow FCF
 
Colour Index 15985
 tartrazine
 
Colour Index 19140
3.Green shade:
 
 
 copper complexes of chlorophylls
 
Colour Index 75810
 sodium and potassium salts of copper complexes of chlorophyllins
 
Colour Index 75815
 fast green FCF
 
Colour Index 42053
 green S
 
Colour Index 44090
4.Blue Shade:
 
 
 brilliant blue FCF
 
Colour Index 42090
 indigo carmine
 
Colour Index 73015
5.Brown shade:
 
 
 chocolate brown HT
 
Colour Index 20285
6.Black shade:
 
 
 brilliant black PN
 
Colour Index 28440
[S 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011]
Part II
Other Colours
1.  Plain caramel (also known as caustic caramel), caustic sulphite caramel, ammonia caramel, sulphite ammonia caramel and the colour obtained from cochineal.
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2.  The following colouring matter of vegetable origin:
(a)any colouring matter natural to edible fruits and vegetables, including beet red, grape skin extract (Enociania), red cabbage colour, lutein, lycopene and paprika extract;
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[S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019]
(b)any colouring matter from flowers, leaves, roots and other plant parts which are customarily used in the preparation of food, including alkannet, annatto, carotene, chlorophyll, curcumin, flavine, indigo, lutein, lutein esters from Tagetes erecta, orchid, osage orange, persian berry, safflower, saffron, sandalwood, turmeric; or
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(c)the pure-colouring principles of any colouring matter referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) whether isolated from such natural colours or produced synthetically.
[S 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011]
3.  Bole or iron oxide, carbon black (prepared from vegetable sources only), titanium dioxide and solely for the external colouring of dragees and the decoration of food, gold or silver or aluminium in leaf or powder form.
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4.  The aluminium or calcium salts (lakes) of any of the scheduled water-soluble colours.
5.  Spirulina extract or cyanobacterial‑phycocyanin extracted from Spirulina platensis that conforms to the following specifications:
(a)not more than 2 mg/kg lead;
(b)not more than 2 mg/kg arsenic;
(c)not more than 1 mg/kg mercury;
(d)negative for microcystin toxin.
[S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017]