Food Regulations

Table of Contents

Part I PRELIMINARY

1 Citation

2 Definitions

Part II ADMINISTRATION

3 Fees

4 Analyst’s certificates for perishable foods

Part III GENERAL PROVISIONS

5 General requirements for labelling

6 Exemptions from regulation 5

7 Containers to be labelled

8 Hampers to be labelled

8A Nutrition information panel

9 Prohibition on false or misleading statements, etc., on labels

9A Exceptions from prohibitions on claims on labels

9B Limitations on making particular statements or claims on labels

10 Date marking

10A Removal, etc., of date marking prohibited

11 Claims as to presence of vitamins and minerals

12 Misleading statements in advertisements

13 Food and appliances offered as prizes

14 Imported food to be registered

FOOD ADDITIVES

15 Food additives

16 Anti-caking agents

16A Anti-foaming agents

17 Anti-oxidants

18 Sweetening agents

19 Chemical preservatives

20 Colouring matter

21 Emulsifiers and stabilisers

22 Flavouring agents

23 Flavour enhancers

24 Humectants

25 Nutrient supplements

26 Sequestrants

27 Gaseous packaging agents

27A Pathogen reduction treatments

28 General purpose food additives

INCIDENTAL CONSTITUENTS IN FOOD

29 Incidental constituents in food

30 Pesticide residues

31 Heavy metals, arsenic, lead and copper

32 Antibiotic residues

33 Oestrogen residues

34 Mycotoxins

34A 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD)

34B Melamine

35 Microbiological standards

MINERAL HYDROCARBONS

36 Use of mineral hydrocarbons

PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS

36A Partially hydrogenated oils

CONTAINERS FOR FOOD

37 Containers for food

IRRADIATED FOOD

38 Irradiated food

Part IV STANDARDS AND PARTICULAR LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD

Flour, bakery and cereal products

39 Flour or wheat flour

40 Wholemeal, whole wheat or entire wheat flour

40A Wholegrain

41 Vital gluten flour

42 Self-raising flour

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47 Bakery products

48 Bread

49 Wholemeal bread

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53 Labelling of bakery products

54 Flour confectionery

55 Pasta

56 Labelling of pasta

AERATING INGREDIENTS

57 Cream of Tartar

58 Baking powder

MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS

59 Meat

60 Fresh, raw or chilled meat

60A Dressed Bird

61 Frozen meat

62 Corned, cured, pickled or salted meat

63 Smoked meat

64 Minced or chopped meat

65 Hamburgers or beefburgers and similar products

66 Sausage meat

67 Sausages

68 Meat extracts, meat essences and meat juices

69 Chicken essence and double strength chicken essence

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FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS

71 Fish

72 Fresh or chilled fish

73 Frozen fish

74 Smoked fish

75 Salted fish

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EDIBLE FATS AND OILS

78 Edible fats and oils

79 Labelling of edible fats or oils

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89 Dripping

90 Lard

91 Margarine

91A Fat spread

92 Vanaspati

MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

93 Milk

94 Pasteurised milk

95 Ultra heat treated milk

96 Sterilised milk

97 Homogenised milk

98 Reconstituted or recombined milk

99 Evaporated milk

100 Sweetened condensed milk

101 Dried milk or milk powder or dried whole milk or dried full cream milk or full cream milk powder

102 Dried half cream milk

103 Skimmed or separated milk or defatted milk

104 Filled milk

105 Flavoured milk

106 Lactobacillus milk drink or cultured milk drink

107 Malted milk powder

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109 Labelling of milk

110 Cream

111 Homogenised cream

112 Reconstituted or recombined cream

113 Thickened cream

114 Reduced cream

115 Sour cream

116 Butter

117 Cheese

118 Cheddar cheese

119 Unnamed cheese

120 Cream cheese

121 Processed or emulsified cheese

122 Cheese spread or cheese paste

123 Yoghurt

124 Fruit yoghurt

125 Ghee or ghi

ICE-CREAM, FROZEN CONFECTIONS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

126 Ice-cream

127 Dairy ice-cream

128 Milk-ice

129 Frozen confections

SAUCE, VINEGAR AND RELISHES

130 Sauce

131 Soya bean sauce

132 Oyster sauce

133 Tomato sauce

134 Chilli sauce

135 Vinegar

136 Distilled vinegar

137 Blended vinegar

138 Artificial or imitation vinegar

139 Labelling of vinegar

140 Salad dressing

141 Pickles

142 Chutney

SUGAR AND SUGAR PRODUCTS

143 Sugar

144 Refined soft brown sugar

145 Icing sugar or icing mixture

146 Molasses

147 Table molasses

148 Dextrose anhydrous

149 Dextrose monohydrate

150 Glucose syrup

151 Honey

151A Royal jelly

152 Sugar confectionery

TEA, COFFEE AND COCOA

153 Tea

154 Tea dust, tea siftings and tea fannings

155 Instant tea

156 Brewed tea

157 Coffee

158 Coffee and chicory

159 Coffee mixture

160 Instant coffee or soluble coffee

161 Instant coffee and chicory or soluble coffee and chicory

162 Decaffeinated coffee

163 Cocoa beans

164 Cocoa nibs

165 Cocoa paste, cocoa mass or cocoa slab

166 Cocoa, cocoa powder or powdered cocoa

167 Cocoa essence or soluble cocoa

168 Chocolate

169 Milk chocolate

170 Chocolate confectionery

FRUIT JUICES AND FRUIT CORDIALS

171 Fruit juices

172 Concentrated fruit juice

173 Nectar

174 Fruit juice cordials, squashes or syrups

175 Fruit drinks or fruit crushes

JAMS

176 Jams

177 Fruit jelly

178 Marmalade

179 Kaya or egg jam

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

180 Flavoured cordials or syrups

181 Soya bean milk

182 Flavoured soya bean milk

183 Soft drinks

183A Natural mineral water

184 Labelling of non-alcoholic drinks

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

185 Intoxicating liquors

186 Ale, beer, lager, porter or stout

187 Wine

188 Malt wine

189 Quinine wine

190 Aromatic wine, wine cocktail and vermouth

191 Port and sherry

192 Meat wine or beef wine

193 Sparkling wine

194 Carbonated wine

195 Fruit wine

196 Cider or perry

197 Sparkling cider or sparkling perry

198 Aerated cider or aerated perry

199 Honey wine

200 Cereal grain wine and Chinese wine

201 Brandy

202 Marc brandy

203 Fruit brandy

204 Whisky

205 Rum

206 Gin

207 Vodka

208 Liqueurs and alcoholic cordials

209 Blended liquor

210 Compounded liquor

SALTS

211 Salt

212 Iodised salt

SPICES AND CONDIMENTS

213 Spices and condiments

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FLAVOURING ESSENCES OR EXTRACTS

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FLAVOUR ENHANCERS

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SPECIAL PURPOSE FOODS

247 Special purpose foods

248 Labelling requirements for special purpose foods

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250 Diabetic food

250A Foods containing phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters

251 Infants’ food

252 Infant formula

253 Infant milk formula or infant milk preparation

254 Labelling of infant formula

MISCELLANEOUS FOODS

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256 Custard powder

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RICE

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Part V PENALTY

261 Penalty

FIRST SCHEDULE Permitted use of general terms in the declaration of ingredients

SECOND SCHEDULE Date-marking of Prepacked Food

THIRD SCHEDULE Permitted Anti-oxidants

FOURTH SCHEDULE

FIFTH SCHEDULE Permitted colouring matters

SIXTH SCHEDULE Permitted emulsifiers and permitted stabilisers

SEVENTH SCHEDULE Permitted nutrient supplement

EIGHTH SCHEDULE Permitted general purpose food additives

NINTH SCHEDULE Food with maximum amounts of pesticides

TENTH SCHEDULE Maximum amounts of arsenic and lead permitted in food

ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Microbiological standards for ready-to-eat food

TWELFTH SCHEDULE Form for nutrition information panel

THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE Permitted sweetening agents in selected foods and their maximum permitted levels

FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE Criteria for permitted claims

FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE Species of predatory fish

SEVENTEENTH SCHEDULE Pathogen reduction treatments in meat and their maximum permitted levels

Legislative History