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Inclusion of Allura Red to the list of colours permitted to be used in drugs vide Drugs (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2022

The Central Government, after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board, notified Drugs (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2022 to amend the Drugs Rules, 1945.

In the Drugs Rules, 1945, in rule127, in sub-rule (1), the following entry has been be inserted:

 

Common Name of
the Colour

 

Colour Index Number

Chemical Name

1

2

3

Allura Red

16035

Disodium 6-hydroxy-5-[(2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-
sulfophenyl)azo]-2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid”

 

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