Cap 132H reg 4 Prohibition on the use of colouring matter in the case of certain commodities (COLOURING MATTER IN FOOD REGULATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	132H	Title:	COLOURING MATTER IN FOOD REGULATIONS	Gazette Number:
Regulation:	4	Heading:	Prohibition on the use of colouring matter in the case of certain commodities	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) No meat, game, poultry, fish, fruit or vegetable in a raw and unprocessed state which is intended for sale for human consumption shall have in or upon it, otherwise than for the purpose of marking, any added colouring matter:
Provided that citrus fruit may have in or upon it added permitted colouring matter if-

(a) the words "colour added" are marked on the skin of such fruit in permitted colouring matter; and

(b) such words are distinctly and legibly printed and of such size as to be conspicuously visible.

(2) No person shall sell, consign or deliver, or import into Hong Kong, any food referred to in paragraph (1) which does not comply with the provisions of that paragraph. (10 of 1986 s. 32(2))