AF 2
[Subsidiary]
Amendment of First Schedule.
L.N. 67/85. L.N. 173/86.
L.AW $5790.
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).
CAP. 132] Harmful Substances in Food Regulations
Secretary of Health
[1987 Ed.
4. The Secretary for Municipal Services may, by notice 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 enactment 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.
L.N. 173/86.
L.N. 173/86.
FIRST SCHEDULE
MAXIMUM PERMITTED CONCENTRATION OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES
PRESENT IN SPECIFIED FOODS
A
Item
1.
2.
Substance
Aflatoxin
Erucic acid
[reg. 3.]
B
Description of food
Any food other than peanut or its products. Peanuts or peanut products.
Any food to which oil or fat or a mixture thereof has been added.
Any oil or fat or any mixture thereof.
C
Maximum permitted concentration
15 micrograms per kilogram of the food.
20 micrograms per kilogram of the food.
5 per centum by weight of their fatty acid content of all the oils and fats in the food.
5 per centum by weight of their fatty acid content.
SECOND SCHEDULE
PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES
[reg. 3A.]
1.
Dienoestrol ((E,E)-4,4'-(diethylideneethylene) diphenol) including salts and esters thereof.
2. Diethylstilbestrol ((E)-α,β-diethylstilbene-4,4'-diol) including salts and esters thereof.
3.
4.
Hexoestrol (meso-4,4'-(1,2-diethylethylene) diphenol) including salts and esters thereof.
Oestradiol (estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17β-diol) including salts and esters thereof.