MINERAL OIL IN FOOD REGULATIONS

MINERAL OIL IN FOOD REGULATIONS

MINERAL OIL IN FOOD REGULATIONS

(Cap. 132, section 55)

[30 November 1962.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Mineral Oil in Food
Regulations.

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

'mineral oiV means any hydro-carbon product, whether liquid,
semi-liquid or solid, derived from any substance of mineral
origin and includes liquid paraffins (otherwise known as kero-
sene), white oils, petroleum jellies and hard paraffins.

3. Except as provided in regulation 4-

(a)no person shall use or permit to be used any mineral oil in
the composition or preparation of any article of food
intended for sale for human consumption;

(b)no person shall sell or offer, expose, possess or manufac-
ture for sale for human consumption any article of food
containing any mineral oil.

4. Regulation 3 shall not apply where-

(a)the amount of mineral oil contained in any article of food
does not exceed 0.2 parts by weight of mineral oil per 100
parts by weight of the article of food; and

(b)the presence of mineral oil in any article of food is due not
to its inclusion as an ingredient in the article of food but to
its use as a lubricant or greasing agent on some surface
with which the article of food has necessarily to come into
contact in the course of its preparation.

5. Any person who contravenes 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.

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
prosecution of such offences, prosecutions for an offence under any
of the provisions of these regulations may be brought, in the case of
offences committed in-

(a) Urban Council area, in the name of the Urban Council;

(b)the Regional Council area, in the name of the Regional
Council.
G.N.A. 115/62. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 333/87. Citation. Interpretation. Prohibition of sale of food containing mineral oil. Exemption from prohibition. Offence and penalty. L.N. 333/87. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

G.N.A. 115/62. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986. L.N. 333/87. Citation. Interpretation. Prohibition of sale of food containing mineral oil. Exemption from prohibition. Offence and penalty. L.N. 333/87. Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. L.N. 67/85. 10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

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