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1986 Ed.]

Preservatives in Food Regulations

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[Subsidiary]

(b) is present in the compounded food in no greater propor- tion, in relation to the quantity of the specified food used, than the proportion specified in relation to that specified food in Column 3 of Part I of the First Schedule:

Provided that--

(i) if the said specified food or foods may under these regula- tions contain sulphur dioxide, the compounded food may contain sulphur dioxide in a quantity not exceeding that introduced by the use of any such specified food or 50 parts per million, whichever is the greater;

(ii) the quantity of ortho-phenylphenol introduced in the pre- paration of a compounded food by the use of any melon shall not exceed 10 parts per million of the weight of the melon so used.

4.

No person shall-

(a) give with any food sold by him or display with any food for sale any label, whether attached to or printed on the container of that food or not; or

(b) publish, or be a party to the publication of any advertise-

ment for any food; or

(c) use on, or in connexion with, the sale of food any descrip-

tion,

which bears or includes any words or description stating directly or by implication that the food is intended mainly for babies and young children, if the food to which the label, advertisement or description relates has in it or on it any added antioxidant.

5. (1) No person shall sell any substance which is recom- mended in any mark or label placed on its container for use as a preservative or antioxidant in food unless that container bears a label in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule.

(2) Where in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) a container is required to bear such a label and such container is wrapped in paper or any other wrapper through which the label on the container is not clearly readable the outermost wrapper shall on any exposure or offer for sale by retail bear a label as if it were the container or receptacle to which paragraph (1) applies.

(3) No person shall sell or advertise for sale with a view to its use in the preparation of food-

(a) any preservative other than a permitted preservative;

(b) any antioxidant other than the antioxidant specified in

Column 2 of Part II of the First Schedule;

(c) any premitted preservative or antioxidant specified in Column 2 of Part II of the First Schedule in such a manner as to be likely to lead to its use contrary to these regulations,

Food containing antioxidant not to be recommended for babies and young children. [ef. S.1. 1966/ 1300, r. 7.]

Sale, labelling and advertise- ment of pre- servatives and antioxidants. Jcf. S.J. 1962/ 1332, r. 6.]

Second Schedule.

First Schedule.