Singapore legislation
Schedule 5
Schedule 5
Permitted colouring matters
FIFTH SCHEDULERegulation 20(2)Permitted colouring mattersPart ISynthetic Organic Colours1.Red Shade: allura red AC Colour Index 16035 amaranth Colour Index 16185 carmoisine Colour Index 14720 erythrosine Colour Index 45430 ponceau 4R Colour Index 162552.Yellow shade: quinoline yellow Colour Index 47005 sunset yellow FCF Colour Index 15985 tartrazine Colour Index 191403.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 440904.Blue Shade: brilliant blue FCF Colour Index 42090 indigo carmine Colour Index 73015 5.Brown shade: chocolate brown HT Colour Index 202856.Black shade: brilliant black PN Colour Index 28440[S 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011]Part IIOther Colours
1. Plain caramel (also known as caustic caramel), caustic sulphite caramel, ammonia caramel, sulphite ammonia caramel and the colour obtained from cochineal.[S 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011]2. The following colouring matter of vegetable origin:
any colouring matter natural to edible fruits and vegetables, including beet red, grape skin extract (Enociania), red cabbage colour, lutein, lycopene and paprika extract;[S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017][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[S 704/2020 wef 31/08/2020](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.[S 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011]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:
not more than 2 mg/kg lead;
not more than 2 mg/kg arsenic;
not more than 1 mg/kg mercury;
negative for microcystin toxin.[S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017]