The Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs

L.N. 114 of 2005

FOOD SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 449)

The Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs

(Amendment) Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food Safety

Act, the Minister of Health, the Elderly and Community Care has made

the following regulations>

The title of these regulations is the Labelling, Presentation Citation and

commencement.

and Advertising of Foodstuffs (Amendment) Regulations, 2005, and

they shall be read and construed as one with the Labelling, Presentation

and Advertising of Foodstuffs Regulations, 2004, hereinafter referred L.N. 483 of 2004.

to as “the principal regulations”.

Regulation 1.1.2 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends regulation

1 of the principal

to read as follows>

regulations.

“the provisions of subregulation 1.1.1 shall not apply to the

provisions of regulation 17.1, points 6, 7 and 8 of the Sixth

Schedule<”

Regulation 1.1.3 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends regulation

3 of the principal

to read as follows>

regulations.

“the provisions of regulation 17.1, points 6, 7 and 8 of the

sixth Schedule, shall apply as from the 20 th May, 2006, however

products which do not comply with regulation 17.1, points 6, 7

and 8 of the Sixth Schedule, but which were labelled before the

20 th May, 2006 may be sold while stocks last.”

The following definition shall be added as point (aa) Amends regulation

15 of the principal

immediately after point (z) in regulation 3.1>

regulations.

“ ‘Meat’ shall mean the flesh of bovines, porcines, ovines,

caprines, poultry or lepines, and presented as such for sale, but

shall exclude prepared products containing meat as an ingredient.”

The following paragraph shall be added as regulations 15.17

and 15.18 immediately following regulation 15.16>

“15.17. Meat that is>

(i)

not prepacked, or

(ii) prepacked for direct sale,

shall be marked or labelled at the point of sale with the following

particulars in addition to those specified in regulation 15.2>

(a) a statement stating the presence of added water or

other ingredients, if such water or other ingredients have been

added to the meat at any stage prior to sale to the ultimate

consumer<

(b) a declaration stating the amount of added water, if

applicable, expressed as a percentage by weight of the product

as offered for sale to the ultimate consumer.

18 Regulation 15.17 shall not apply where the only other

ingredients added to meat are salt, spices or herbs in small quantities

exclusively for the purposes of flavouring.”

Regulation 15.2(a) shall be amended to read as follows>

6. “ (a) food which is>

(i) not prepacked, or

(ii) prepacked for direct sale,

other than any such food to which paragraphs 15.13, 15.14, 15.15

or 15.17 apply<”

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