1[48A- Sale of permitted food colours.- 2[(i) No person shall manufacture, sell, stock, distribute or exhibit, for sale 3[synthetic food colours] or their mixtures or any preparation of such colours for use in or upon food except under a licence.]
(ii) No person shall sell a permitted 2[synthetic food colours] for use in or upon food unless its container carries a label stating the following particulars:
(a) The words “Food Colours”.
(b) The chemical and the common or commercial name 4[and colour index] of the dye-stuff.
(iii) No person shall sell a mixture of permitted 2[synthetic food colours] for use in or upon food unless its container carries a label stating the following particulars:
(a) The word “Food Colour Mixture”.
(b) The chemical and the common or commercial name 4[and colour index] of the dyestuffs contained in the mixture.
(iv) No person shall sell a preparation of permitted 2[synthetic food colours] for use in or upon food unless its container carries a label stating the following particulars:
(a) The words “Food Colour Preparation”.
(b) The name of various ingredients used in the preparation].
5[(v) The licence referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be issued by the licensing authority appointed under sub-rule (2) of’ rule 50 and shall be subject to such conditions as that Government may specify in this behalf. ]
6[vi) All food colours, including natural colouring matter and permitted coal-tar food colours, their preparations or mixtures, except saffron and circumin, shall be sold only under Indian Standards Institution Certificate Mark.]
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