CAP. 132]
[r. 2 cont.]
Adulterated Food and Drugs.
anywise entitled to the custody or control of any article of food brought from a place outside Hong Kong; and "import" shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Percentages shall be calculated by weight.
(3) Sulphites shall be calculated as sulphur dioxide (SO2) and benzoates as benzoic acid (C6H5COOH).
3. (1) No person shall import, manufacture for sale or sell any article of food which contains any added preservative or any added colouring matter being one of those specified in Part II of the First Schedule: Provided that-
(a) any article of food specified in Part I of the said Schedule may contain preservative of the nature and in the proportion therein specified;
(b) where an article of food specified in Part I of the said Schedule otherwise than in item 4 thereof is used in the preparation of any other article of food, the latter article may contain any preservative necessarily introduced by the use of the former article, but the total proportion of any one preservative contained in any article of food specified in that Part of the Schedule shall not exceed the proportion therein specified;
(c) the provisions of this regulation shall not apply so as to prohibit the presence of sulphur dioxide in any article of food other than meat if it is shown either-
(i) that the article not being an article specified in Part I of the said Schedule is intended to be used in the preparation of an article which is so specified, or
(ii) that the article being itself an article so specified, other than fruit or fruit pulp, is intended to be so treated before it is sold or exposed for sale by retail as to comply with the provisions of the Schedule as regards the proportion of sulphur dioxide contained;
(d) the provisions of this regulation shall not apply-
(i) so as to prohibit the presence in bacon, ham and cooked pickled meat of any added sodium or potassium nitrate;
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