1986 Ed.]
Preservatives in Food Regulations
[CAP. 132
BF 9
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 nitrate1986 Ed.]
Preservatives in Food Regulations
[CAP. 132
BF 9
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 enact- ment 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.
LN 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
1.
Bacon
Sodium nitrate
Sodium nitrite
2.
Beer
Sulphur dioxide and either benzoic acid or
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exceeding
500
200
70
70
methyl para-hydroxybenzoate or ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate or propyl para-hydroxybenzoate
70
70
70
3.
Beetroot, cooked
Benzoic acid or
250
and prepacked
methyl para-hydroxybenzoate or ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate or
250
250
propyl para-hydroxybenzoate
250
4.
Bread
Propionic acid
3,000
(calculated on
the weight of the flour)
5.
Cabbage,
Sulphur dioxide
2,500
dehydrated
6.
Candied peel or
Sulphur dioxide and
100
cut and drained
sorbic acid
1,000
(syruped) peel
7.
Cheese
Sorbic acid
1,000
8.
Cheese, other than Sodium nitrate or
100
Cheddar or
sodium nitrite
10
Cheshire type
cheese or soft
cheese
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