FOOD ADULTERATION (ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS) REGULATIONS

FOOD ADULTERATION (ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS) REGULATIONS

FOOD ADULTERATION (ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 132,sections 55 and 143)

[1 January 1970.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Food Adulteration
(Artificial Sweeteners) Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

artificial sweetener' means any chemical compound which is sweet to
the taste, but does not include any sugars or other carbohydrates
or polyhydric alcohols;

'carbohydrate' means a substance containing only carbon, hydrogen
and oxygen, in which the hydrogen and oxygen occur in the same
proportion as they do in water;

'sugar' means any soluble carbohydrate sweetening matter;
sell' includes expose or offer for sale or have in possession for sale.

3. (1) No person shall sell, consign, deliver or import any artificial
sweetener for human consumption which is not specified in the
Schedule.

(2) No person shall sell, consign or deliver or import any food
intended for human consumption containing any artificial sweetener
which is not specified in the Schedule.

4. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulation
3 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction
to a fine of $25,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

5. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment
relating to the prosecution of criminal offences, and without prejudice to
the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the

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prosecution of criminal offences, a prosecution for an offence under
these regulations may

(a)where the offence was committed in the Urban Council area, be
brought in the name of the Urban Council; or

(b)where the offence was committed in the Regional Council area,
be brought in the name of the Regional Council.

SCHEDULE [reg. 3.1

PERMITTED ARTIFICIAL
SWEETENERS







1. Saccharin.

2. Saccharin Sodium.

3. Saccharin Calcium.

4. Aspartame.

5. Acesulfame Potassium. (L.N. 33189)
L.N. 173//83. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 329/87. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 67/85. Prohibition of sale etc. of food containing metals except where naturally present up to certain limits. First Schedule. Amendment of Schedules. L.N. 67/85. Offences and penalties. L.N. 329/87. Name in which proceedings may be brought. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

L.N. 173//83. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 329/87. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 67/85. Prohibition of sale etc. of food containing metals except where naturally present up to certain limits. First Schedule. Amendment of Schedules. L.N. 67/85. Offences and penalties. L.N. 329/87. Name in which proceedings may be brought. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

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