HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN FOOD REGULATIONS

HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN FOOD REGULATIONS

HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN FOOD REGULATIONS

(Cap. 132, section 55(1))

[27 May 1983.]

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Harmful Substances in
Food Regulations.

(2) Regulation 3 insofar as it applies to item 2 in the First Schedule
came into effect on 1 January 1985.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'aflatoxin' means the group of bis-furanocoumarin compounds and
includes aflatoxin B1, B2, G, G2, MI, M2, P, and aflatoxicol;

erucic acid' means the fatty acid cis-docos- 1 3-enoic acid;

'Tatty acid' means any carboxylic acid obtained by the hydrolysis of oil
or fat, and includes any such acid existing in a free state in oil or
fat;

'fish' does not include live fish other than shell fish;

'meat'' means the flesh or other edible part of

(a) any animal; or

(b) any bird,

intended for human consumption;

,,oil or fat' means oil or fat derived from any animal, bird, fish or plant
but does not include any essential oil;

'peanut' means groundnut or the seed of Arachis hypogaea L.;

'peanut products' includes oil of peanut or any product containing
peanut as its ingredient;

'sell' includes offer, or expose for sale or have in possession for sale.

3. No person shall import, consign, deliver, manufacture or sell, for
human consumption, any food of a description specified in Column B of
the First Schedule which contains any substance specified opposite
thereto in Column A in greater concentration than is specified opposite
thereto in Column C.

3A. No person shall sell or consign or deliver for sale for human
consumption, any fish, meat or poultry (including live poultry) which
contains any substance specified in the Second Schedule.





4. The Secretary for Municipal Services may, by notice

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published in the Gazette, amend the concentrations specified in

Column C of the First Schedule.

5. Any person who contravenes regulation 3 or 3A commits

an offence and is liable to a fine of $25,000 and to imprisonment for 6
months.

6. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enact-

ment relating to the prosecution of criminal offences and without
prejudice to the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the
prosecutions of criminal offences, prosecutions for an offence under
any of the provisions of 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.

FIRST SCHEDULE [reg. 3.]

MAXIMUM PERMITTED CONCENTRATION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
PRESENT IN SPECIFIED FOODS

A B C

Maximum permitted
Item Substance Description of food concentration

1. Aflatoxin Any food other than peanut 15 micrograms per
kilogram
or its products. of the food.
Peanuts or peanut products. 20 micrograms per kilogram
of the food.

2. Erucic acid Any food to which oil or fat 5 per centum by weight of

or a mixture thereof has their fatty acid content
of
been added. all the oils and fats in the
food.

Any oil or fat or any mixture 5 per centum by weight of
thereof. their fatty acid content.

SECOND SCHEDULE [reg. 3A.]

PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES

1.Dienoestrol ((E,E)-4,4'-(diethylideneethylene) diphenol) including salts and
esters thereof.

2.Diethylstilboestrol ((E)-ap-diethylstilbene-4,4-diol) including salts and esters
thereof.

3.Hexoestrol (meso-4,4'-(1,2-diethylethylene) diphenol) including salts and
esters thereof.

4.Oestradiol (estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17p-diol) including salts and esters thereof.
L.N. 174/83. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 173/86. L.N. 331/87. Citation and commencement. Interpretation. L.N. 67/85. L.N. 173/86. L.N. 331/87. Prohibition of import and sale of food containing certain substances in excessive concentrations. First Schedule. Prohibition of sale of fish, meat and poultry (including live poultry) containing prohibited substances. L.N. 173/86. Second Schedule. Amendment of First Schedule. L.N. 67/85. L.N. 173/86. Offence and penalties. L.N. 173/86. L.N. 331/87. Name in which proceedings may be brought. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 173/86. L.N. 173/86.

L.N. 174/83. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 173/86. L.N. 331/87. Citation and commencement. Interpretation. L.N. 67/85. L.N. 173/86. L.N. 331/87. Prohibition of import and sale of food containing certain substances in excessive concentrations. First Schedule. Prohibition of sale of fish, meat and poultry (including live poultry) containing prohibited substances. L.N. 173/86. Second Schedule. Amendment of First Schedule. L.N. 67/85. L.N. 173/86. Offence and penalties. L.N. 173/86. L.N. 331/87. Name in which proceedings may be brought. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2). L.N. 173/86. L.N. 173/86.

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