Amendment

of regulation

Amendment

of regulation

6.

5,

2

publish, or arrange for the publication of, advertise ments, he received the advertisement for publication i the ordinary course of business.",

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations is amended— (a) by the insertion after the word "preservative" of the

following-

"or antioxidant"; and

(b) by the insertion after the word "preservatives" of the

following-

6.

"or antioxidants",

Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended by the insertion after the word "preservative" of the following-

Amendment of First

*

Schedule.

"or antioxidant".

The First Schedule to the principal regulations is amended- (a) by the insertion after the beading "FIRST SCHEDULE” d

the following-

"PART I"; and

(b) by the addition after item "30" of the Schedule of the

following-

"PART II.

Articles of food which may contain added antioxidant and description and proportion of antioxidant which may be added in each case.

Item.

Food.

Anhydrous edible oils and fats, whether hardened or got and vitamin oils and concentrates.

Antioxidanr.

-Propyl gallate (n-propyl 3:4:5- trihydroxy-benzoate) or n-octyl gallate (o-actyl 3:4:5-trihydroxybenzoate) or n-dodecyl gallate (n-dodecyl 3:4:5- trihydroxybenzoate) or any mixture

thereof

Paris per million (estimated

by weight)

Ice

100

Butylated hydroxyanisole (a mixture of 2-tertbutyl-4-hydroxyanisole and 3-tertbutyl-4-hydroxyanisole) (B.HA)

200

Butylated hydroxytoluene (2:6 divert- butyl-p-cresol) (B.H.T.)

200

any mixture of B.H.A. and B.HT.

200

2.

Butter for manufac- turing purposes,

or

-Propyl gallate (n-propyl 3:4:5-triby- droxybenzoate) OT n-actyl

gallate in-octyl 3:4:S-trihydroxybenzoate) or n-dodecyl gallate (n-dodecyl 3:4:5- Trihydroxybenzoate) or any mixture

thereof

Item.

Food

3.

Essential oils, includ- ing their favouring constituents--isolates and concentrates.

3

Antioxidant

Butylated hydroxyanisole (a mixture of ~ 2-tertbutyl-4-hydroxyanisole 3-tertbutyl-4-hydroxyanisole) (B.H.A)

Paris per million (estimated by weight).

and

160

Dr

Butylated hydroxytoluene (2:6 di-tort- butyl-p-cresól) (BHT)

160

160

or

any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 1-Propyl gallate (n-propyl 3:4÷S-trihy- droxybenzoat) or n-octyl gallate (n-octy) 3:4:5-trihydroxybenzoate), or n-dodecyl gallate (n-dodecyl 3:4:5- Trihydroxybenzosle) or any mixture

thereof

Butylated hydroxyanisole (a mixture of 2-tartbutyl-4-hydroxyanisole and 3-tertbutyl-4-hydroxyanisole) (B.H.A.) Butylated hydroxytoluene (2:6 di-tert- butyl-p-cresol) (BHT)

or

any mixture of B,H.A., and B.H.T.

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

Note: Butylated hydroxyanisole or burylated hydroxytoluens or mixtures thereof within the limits specified may be used in conjunction with n-propyl gallate or n-octyl gallate or n-dodecyl gallate or mixtures thereof within the limits specified, provided that the total amount of puticxident shall not exceed, in the case of anhydrous oils and fats and vitamin oils and concentrates 300 parts per million. in the case of butter for manufacturing purposes 240 parts por million and in the case of essential oils 1,000 parts per million.".

8.

Amendment

of Second

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations is amended (a) by the deletion of the heading thereto and the substitution Schedule

therefor of the following-

"Labelling of articles of food containing preservative or antioxidant and of preservatives and antioxidants.”;

() in paragraph 1 by the insertion after the word "wine" of the

following-

"and any food containing antioxidant";

(c) by the insertion after paragraph 2 of the following new

paragraph-

"2A. Where any of the said articles of food contains antioxidant it shall bear a label on which is printed in relation to every added antioxidant contained therein-

(a) an accurate description of such antioxidant; and (b) the maximum amount of such antioxidant, ex- pressed as parts per million (estimated by weight).";

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