1964_PRESERVATIVES_IN_FOOD_REGULATIONS

1986 Ed.]

Preservatives in Food Regulations

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9. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 3, 4, 5 or 6 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

$25,099.

10. 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 prosecution 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;

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

11. The Secretary for Municipal Services may, by notice in the Gazette, amend the concentrations specified in Column 3 of Part I of the First Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE

PART I

[Subsidiary]

Offences and penalties. L.N. 114/84.

L.N. 334/87

Name in which proceedings for offences may be brought. L.N. 67/85.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

Amendment of First Schedule. L.N. 114/84. L.N. 67/85.

[reg. 3(1).]

L.N. 114/84.

ARTICLES OF FOOD WHICH MAY CONTAIN PRESERVATIVE AND THE NATURE AND PROPORTION OF PRESERVATIVE IN EACH CASE

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Specified food Permitted preservative Parts per million not exceeding 1. Bacon Sodium nitrate
Sodium nitrite 500
200 2. Beer Sulphur dioxide and either benzoic acid or methyl para-hydroxybenzoate or ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate or propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 70
70
70
70 3. Beetroot, cooked and prepacked Benzoic acid or methyl para-hydroxybenzoate or ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate or propyl para-hydroxybenzoate 250
250
250
250 4. Bread Propionic acid (calculated on the weight of the flour) 3,000 5. Cabbage, dehydrated Sulphur dioxide 2,500 6. Candied peel or cut and drained (syruped) peel Sulphur dioxide and sorbic acid 100
1,000 7. Cheese Sorbic acid 1,000 8. Cheese, other than Cheddar or Cheshire type cheese or soft cheese Sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite 100
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