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FOOD ACT 1983 FOOD (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2014

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Food Act 1983 [Act 281], the Minister makes the following regulations:

Citation and commencement

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on ______

Amendment of regulation 11 1. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended:

(a) by substituting for subregulation 1(g) the following:

(g) where the food contains food additive, a statement as to the presence in that food of such food additive,

(i) state the functional class of the relevant food additive, followed by the name and the INS number in brackets,

(ii) where the food additive other than flavouring substance does not have INS number, only the functional class and the name shall be declared; or;

(iii) where the food additive is a flavouring substance, only the functional class shall be declared;

(g)(a) for the purpose of subregulation (1)(g), where the food contains food additive of animal origin, the origin shall be specified the common name of such animal in brackets, immediately following the INS number,

(g)(b) notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, where the food contains more than one food additive or of more than one food additive functional class, a single statement is sufficient,

(g)(c) for the purpose of subregulation (1)(g), where the food contains food additive of animal origin, the origin shall be specified by the common name of such animal in brackets, immediately after the functional class, name or INS number,

(g)(d) where the food contains aspartame or neotame, in not less than 10 point lettering, the words “PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE”, or

(g)(e) where the food is added with sugar alcohol, in not less than 10 point lettering, the words “EXCESSIVE USE CAN HAVE LAXATIVE EFFECT”.

(g)(f) where the food is added with polydextrose at 25g/100g or more, in not

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less than 10 point lettering, the words "Sensitive individuals may experience a laxative effect from the excessive consumption of food containing polydextrose".

(g)(g) where the food is added with sulphite or sulphur dioxide, is more than 10 mg/kg, the words “contains sulphur dioxide”.

(b) by substituting for subregulation (3) the following;

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(e), where the ingredients of the food, are derived from animal, the common name of such animal shall also be stated on the label of that food:

Provided that shall not be necessary to indicate the name of the animal from which the ingredient is derived if it can be inferred from the appropriate designation of such ingredient.

Amendment of regulation 19 2. Regulation 19 of the principal Regulations is amended by substituting for the regulation the following regulation;

(1) In these Regulations, “food additive” means any safe

substance that is not normally consumed as a food by itself or used as a typical ingredient of the food, and intentionally introduced into or on a food in order to affect the food's keeping quality, texture, consistency, appearance, odour, taste, alkalinity, or acidity, or to serve any other technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport, holding or storage of the food, and that results or may be reasonably expected to result directly or indirectly in the substance or any of its by products becoming a component of, or otherwise affecting the characteristic of the food but shall not include added nutrient, incidental constituent or salt.

(2) For the purpose of these regulations, food additives includes acidity regulator, anticaking agent, antifoaming agent, antioxidant, bleaching agent, bulking agent, carbonating agent, carrier, colour, colour retention agent, emulsifier, emulsifying salt, firming agent, flavouring, flavour enhancer, flour treatment agent, foaming agent, gelling agent, glazing agent, humectant, packaging gas, preservative, propellant, raising agent, sequestrant, stabilizer, sweetener and thickener, as defined under Table I of the Sixth B Schedule.

(3) No person shall import, manufacture, advertise for sale or sell

or introduce into or on any food, any food additive other than a permitted food additive:

(a) any food additive other than a permitted food additive;

(b) any food additive that is prohibited by these Regulations as prescribed in Table II of the Sixth B Schedule;and

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(c) any permitted food additive which does not comply with the standard for certain permitted food additive prescribed in Table III of the Sixth B Schedule.

Provided that where no standard is prescribed, the purity of the permitted food additive shall conform to the specifications as recommended by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and World Health Organisation (FAO/WHO) Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).

(4) Notwithstanding subregulation (3), the addition of food additive to food is prohibited except where –

(a) the addition is permitted by these Regulations as prescribed in Table IV of the Sixth B Schedule; or

(b) the addition is permitted under the Codex Alimentarius; or

(c) the addition is permitted through a written approval by the Director.

(5) For the purpose of subregulation (4), a reference in these Regulations to addition or use of "other food" in the composition of food for which a standard is prescribed in these Regulations shall not be construed as permission for the use of food additives.

(6) The proportion of the addition of food additive to food shall not exceed the maximum proportion, if any, prescribed under these Regulations. Where no maximum proportion is prescribed, the food additive shall be used in accordance with good manufacturing practice.

(7) Where the use of more than one of such preservatives and antioxidants is permitted by these Regulations, the amount of each shall be such that when expressed as a percentage of the amount permitted singly, the sum of the several percentages does not exceed one hundred

(8) No person shall introduce into or on a food any food additive in such a manner as to conceal any damage to, or any inferiority in the quality of that food.

(9) Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, a food additive may be present in any food as a result of carry-over from a raw material or ingredient used to produce the food, provided that -

(a) the additive is permitted by these Regulations to be in any ingredient used in the manufacture of the food;

(b) the proportion of the additive in any such ingredient does not exceed the maximum proportion if any, permitted by these Regulations for that ingredient;

(c) the total proportion of the additive in the final

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product does not exceed the maximum proportion, if any, permitted by these Regulations for that product;

(d) the food into which the additive is carried over does not contain the additive in a greater quantity than would be the case if the food were made under proper technological conditions and in accordance with good manufacturing practice; and

(e) the additive carried over is present in the food at a level that is significantly less than that normally required for the additive to achieve an efficient technological function in its own right.

(10) For the purpose of subregulation 11(1)(g), INS refers to a harmonized naming system for food additives developed by Codex Alimentarius and published in Codex Class Names and the International Numbering System for Food Additives, CAC/GL 36.

(11) There shall be written in label on a package of food additive imported, manufactured, advertised for sale or sold as food additive –

(a) the words "(state the chemical name of the food additive and the INS number) as permitted (state the functional class of food additive)"; provided that in the case of colouring substance or flavouring substance it shall be sufficient to state the common name or appropriate designation of the food additive in place of the chemical name; and

(b) a statement giving direction for its use; and

(c) the words ‘For Food Use’ or a statement substantially similar thereto, in a prominent position on the label.

Amendment of regulation 20 3. Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the regulation.

Amendment of regulation 20A 4. Regulation 20A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the regulation.

New regulation 20B 5. Regulations 20B of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting after regulation 20A the following regulation:

(1) For the purpose of these regulations-

(a) ‘sweetener’ refers to a food additive other than a

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monosaccharide or disaccharide sugar which imparts a sweet taste to a food.

(b) ‘sweetener preparation’ refers to a product in

tablet, granular, powder or liquid form prepared by admixing one or more permitted sweetener in a base with or without other food and includes table-top sweetener.

(2) Sweetener preparation may contain any of the following

substances as the base-

(a) Acacia (gum arabic) (b) Agar (c) Alginic acid and its sodium, potassium and

ammonium salts, calcium alginate and propylene glycol alginate

(d) Carrageenan (e) Citric acid (f) Dextrin (g) Dextrose (h) Ethyl alcohol (i) Glucono-delta-lactose (j) Glycerol (k) Guar gum (l) Karaya gum (m) Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (n) Lactose (o) L-leucine (p) Locust bean gum (q) Mannitol (r) Methylcellulose (s) Mono-, di-, and polysaccharides (t) Pectin (u) Potassium acid tartrate (v) Propylene glycol (w) Sodium bicarbonate (x) Sodium carboxymethylcellulose (y) Sodium citrate (z) Sodium phosphate (aa) Sorbitol (bb) Tartaric acid (cc) Tragacanth gum (dd) Water (ee) Xanthan gum

(3) A liquid sweetener preparation of may contain sulphur

dioxide, benzoic acid or sorbic acid in proportion not exceeding a total of 2,000 mg/kg whether present singly or in any combination as permitted preservative.

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(4) Except as otherwise provided, a sweetener preparation may contain the following food additive –

(a) polyethylene glycol in a proportion not exceeding

10000 mg/kg (in tablet form only) (b) ethyl maltol (c) magnesium stearate (d) maltol (e) microcrystalline cellulose (f) polyvinylpyrrolidone (g) silicon dioxide (h) stearic acid (i) tricalcium phosphate (in granular and powdered

form only)

(5) There shall be written in the label of a package containing sweetener preparation for each of the sweetener -

(a) in not less than 10 point lettering, the name of the sweetener;

provided in the case if it contains artificial sweetener, in not less than 10 point lettering, the words “CONTAINS ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER"

(b) a statement of concentration- (i) in the case of tablets, as milligrams

per tablet; (ii) in the case of liquids, as percentage

weight in volume; and (iii) in the case of granules or powder,

as milligrams per serving contained in a sachet or similar package.

(c) a statement indicating the equivalence of the sweetener both in sweetness and energy;

(d) where the sweetener preparation contain aspartame a statement in the form “PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE”; and

(e) where the sweetener preparation contains sugar alcohol either singly or in combination, a statement in the form "EXCESSIVE USE CAN HAVE LAXATIVE EFFECT”.


New regulation 21A 7. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting after Regulation 21 the

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following regulation:

(1) For the purposes of these regulation-

(a) "colour" means a food additive, which adds or restores colour in a food and includes colour preparation.

(b) "colour preparation" means a product prepared by admixing one or more permitted colour with permitted diluents; and

(c) "diluent" means any component of colour preparation that is not itself a colour and has been intentionally mixed therein to facilitate the use of the mixture in colouring foods.

(2) Colour preparation shall contain not less than 4 per cent of permitted colour. Liquid form of colour preparation may contain benzoic acid as permitted preservative in a proportion not exceeding 1,500 mg/kg and calcium phosphate as permitted acidity regulator in proportion not exceeding 4,000 mg/kg.

(3) Colour preparation may contain any of the following diluents-

(a) anhydrous sodium sulphate, sodium chloride, sucrose, dextrose, cornflour or starch to be used in the powdered form; or

(b) water, ethyl alcohol, edible oil, sugar syrup, sorbitol, glycerine or propylene glycol to be used in the liquid form.

(4) Every package containing colour imported, manufactured or advertised for sale, or sold or intended to be used for colouring food shall, in addition to the requirements of regulation 19(11), be labelled with-

(a) where the colour is a synthetic dye which has colour index number or colour preparation containing synthetic dye, the colour index number of the synthetic dye; and

(b) in the case of colour preparation, the common name, and the total percentage proportion, of the colour present in the preparation.

(5) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the sale of fish, meat, cheese, egg, vegetable, fruit, or nut that bear markings which have been applied for the purpose of identification or grading to the food in its raw or original form, or on a portion of the food normally eaten, if such markings-

(a) are composed of permitted colour, with or without

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other permitted food additives or harmless diluents;

(b) contrast strongly with their background;

(c) do not cover a substantial area of the original surface to which they were applied; and

(d) have not penetrated the underlying part of the food to any noticeable degree.

Amendment of regulation 22 8. Regulation 22 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (7) by substituting the following regulation:

(7) Preparation of permitted flavouring substances may contain the following food additive –

(a) Sulphur dioxide in a proportion not exceeding 800

mg/kg, benzoic acid in a proportion not exceeding 350 mg/kg or sorbic acid in a proportion not exceeding 800 mg/kg and in whether present singly or in any combination as permitted preservative;

(b) Propyl, octyl or dodecyl gallate or any mixture

thereof in a proportion not exceeding 100 mg/kg, butylated hydroxy-anisole (BHA) in a proportion not exceeding 200mg/kg, butylated hydroxyl-toulene (BHT) in a proportion not exceeding 200mg/kg, any mixture of BHA and BHT in a proportion not exceeding 200mg/kg or isopropyl citrate, monoisopropyl citrate in a proportion not exceeding 100mg/kg or tocopherol and in whether present singly or in any combination as permitted antioxidant;

(c) Karaya gum;

(d) Silicon dioxide, amorphous; and

(e) Propylene glycol



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Amendment of regulation 25 11. Regulation 25 of the principal Regulations is amended deleting the regulation.

Amendment of regulation 42 12. Regulation 42 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (2)

and (3).

Amendment of regulation 43 13. Regulation 43 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (2).

Amendment of Regulation 44

14. Regulation 44 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (2A). Amendment of Regulation 45 15. Regulation 45 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3) Amendment of Regulation 47 16. Regulation 47 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (2A).

Amendment of Regulation 48 17. Regulation 48 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (4).

Amendment of regulation 59 18. Regulation 59 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2), by deleting the word “and permitted colouring substance”. Amendment of Regulation 60 19. Regulation 60 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (2). Amendment of regulation 63 20. Regulation 63 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3).

Amendment of regulation 64 21. Regulation 64 of the principal Regulations is amended by substituting subregulation (3) the following subregulation: “(3) Prepared cereal food may contain permitted flavouring substance.”.

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Amendment of regulation 80 23. Regulation 80 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the regulation. Amendment of regulation 81 24. Regulation 81 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2), by deleting

paragraph (b). Amendment of regulation 82 25. Regulation 82 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by deleting

paragraph (b) (ii).

Amendment of regulation 89 26. Regulation 89 of the principal Regulations is amended;

(a) by deleting subregulation (3); and (b) in the subregulation (6), by substituting the word “colouring substance” with the

words“ colour”. Amendment of regulation 90 27. Regulation 90 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3).


Amendment of regulation 91A 29. Regulation 91A of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (3) by

deleting the word “and permitted food conditioner”. Amendment of regulation 91B 30. Regulation 91B of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (3) by

deleting paragraph (f)(i) and by deleting the word “permitted colouring substances” in (f)(iii) .

Amendment of regulation 92 31. Regulation 92 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (1) by deleting

the words “and permitted food conditioner”.

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the words “and permitted food conditioner”.



the words “and permitted colouring substance”; Amendment of regulation 97 35. Regulation 97 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 97A 36. Regulation 97A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 100 37. Regulation 100 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (4). Amendment of regulation 101 38. Regulation 101 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 103 39. Regulation 103 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 104 40. Regulation 104 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (1) by

deleting the words “It may contain permitted food conditioner.” Amendment of regulation 105 41. Regulation 105 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 106 42. Regulation 106 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (3):

(a) in paragraph (b) by deleting the words “ permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin and”; and

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(b) by deleting paragraph (c). Amendment of regulation 107 43. Regulation 107 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (4). Amendment of regulation 108 44. Regulation 108 of the principal Regulations is amended:

(a) in subregulation (2)(a) by deleting paragraph (ii); and

(b) by deleting subregulation (3).

Amendment of regulation 109 45. Regulation 109 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (3), by

substituting the subregulation the following:

“(3) Processed cheese may contain permitted flavouring substances.”.


(a) in subregulation (2)(b), by deleting paragraph (i); and

(b) in subregulation (3), by deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin, and permitted food conditioner”.


deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin, and permitted food conditioner”.


Amendment of regulation 113

49. Regulation 113 of the principal Regulations is amended- (a) in subregulation (2)(b) by deleting the words “permitted sweetening substance,”;

and (b) in subregulation (3), by deleting the words “permitted colouring substance, and

permitted food conditioner”.

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deleting the words “permitted colouring substance, and permitted food conditioner”. Amendment of regulation 118 51. Regulation 118 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 118A 52. Regulation 118A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting regulation 118A. Amendment of regulation 118B 53. Regulation 118B of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting regulation 118B. Amendment of regulation 120 54. Regulation 120 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “may

contain permitted colouring substance”. Amendment of regulation 122 55. Regulation 122 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 124 56. Regulation 124 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 125 57. Regulation 125 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 128 58. Regulation 128 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 129 59. Regulation 129 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 131 60. Regulation 131 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1)(b)

and (c). Amendment of regulation 132A 61. Regulation 132A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting regulation 132A.

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Amendment of regulation 133 62. Regulation 133 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting regulation 133. Amendment of regulation 134 63. Regulation 134 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting regulation 134. Amendment of regulation 134B 64. Regulation 134B of the principal Regulations is amended-

(a) in subregulation (1) by deleting the words “or any other sweetening

substance”; and

(b) in subregulation (2) by deleting the words “permitted colouring substance, and permitted food conditioner”.

Amendment of regulation 134C 65. Regulation 134C of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by

deleting the words “permitted colouring substance, and permitted food conditioner”.

Amendment of regulation 135 66. Regulation 135 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2):

(a) by inserting after the word “contain” the word “permitted flavoring substance”; and (b) by deleting paragraph (a), (b), (c) and (d).

Amendment of regulation 136 67. Regulation 136 of the principal Regulations is amended-

(a) in subregulation (1) by deleting the words “or any other sweetening substances,

other than non-nutritive sweetening substances,”;

(b) in subregulation (2) by deleting the words “permitted colouring substance, permitted food conditioner and acesulfame potassium not exceeding 3,500 mg/kg as permitted non-nutritive sweetening substance”; and

(c) by deleting paragraph (3).

Amendment of regulation 138 68. Regulation 138 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by


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Amendment of regulation 141 70. Regulation 141 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (3). Amendment of regulation 146 71. Regulation 146 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by

deleting the words “permitted flavour enhancer and permitted food conditioner including ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, isoascorbic acid, sodium isoascorbate and transglutaminase”.


(a) in subregulation (1) by deleting the word “sorbitol”.

(b) by subtituting subregulation (7) the following subregulation:

(7) Manufactured meat may contain -

(a) where such meat or part of such meat is corned, cured, pickled or salted, sodium nitrite, potassium nitrite, sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate, alone or in combination, as permitted preservative, provided that the final product does not contain more than 200 ppm of total nitrate and nitrite calculated together as sodium nitrite;

(b) permitted flavouring substance; and

(c) natural lactic acid as permitted acidity regulator; and

(c) by deleting subregulation (8). Amendment of regulation 148 73. Regulation 148 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (2).


deleting paragraph (c) and (d).


deleting paragraph (c) and (d).

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deleting the words “caramel as a colouring substance, permitted flavor enhancer and permitted food conditioner”.


inserting after the word “contain” the words “sulphur dioxide as” and inserting after the words “preservative” the words “in proportion not exceeding 1,000 mg/kg.”.




deleting paragraph (b).







Amendment of regulation 166A 87. Regulation 166A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (4).

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Amendment of regulation 166B 88. Regulation 166B of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation (4).











deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance and”.


deleting the words “permitted colouring substance and”.


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deleting the words “permitted colouring substance and”.








deleting the words “permitted colouring substance,” and the words “, permitted flavour enhancer and permitted food conditioner including calcium chloride in such a proportion that the calcium does not exceed 500 mg/kg”.



deleting the words “caramel as a colouring substance,” and the words “permitted flavour enhancer and permitted food conditioner”


deleting the words “permitted colouring substance,” and the word “permitted flavour

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enhancer and permitted food conditioner including succinic acid in a proportion not exceeding 5 g/kg”

Amendment of regulation 224 111. Regulation 224 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2)

paragraph (b) by deleting the words “caramel and permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin, permitted flavor enhancer and permitted food conditioner, including succinic acid provided that the final product after dilution does not contain more than 5 g/kg of succinic acid”


(a) by deleting subregulation (2); and

(b) in subregulation (3) by substituting the words “edible food grade wax” with the words “ glazing agent”.


(a) in subregulation (2) by deleting the words “sorbitol, saccharin, sodium saccharin,”;

(b) in subregulation (3) by substituting the words “edible food grade” with the words “ glazing agent”; and

(c) by deleting subregulation (4).


(a) in subregulation (1) by inserting after the word “sugar” the words “or” and by deleting the words “or sorbitol”; and

(b) by deleting subregulation (2) and subregulation (3).

Amendment of regulation 230 115. Regulation 230 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation

(2).


(a) in subregulation (1) by inserting after the word “sugar” the words “or” and by deleting the words “or sorbitol”; and


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(2) and subregulation (3).


(2) and subregulation (3).

Amendment of regulation 235 119. Regulation 235 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (5) by deleting the words “permitted preservative,” and the words “and ascorbic acid as permitted food conditioner”.

Amendment of regulation 243A 120. Regulation 243A of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (1) by deleting the words “and permitted food sweetening substances”.

Amendment of regulation 243A 118. Regulation 243A of the principal Regulations is amended-

(a) in subregulation (5) by deleting the words “permitted preservative,” and the words “citric acid or malic acid as permitted food conditioner and permitted antioxidant”; and




(2).


(a) in subregulation (1) by deleting the words “with permitted sweetening substance”; and

(b) in subregulation (3) by deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and the words “and permitted food conditioner”.


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(a) in subregulation (1) by deleting the words “and permitted sweetening substance”; and

(b) in subregulation (3) by deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and the words “and permitted food conditioner”.


deleting the words “permitted colouring substance,” and the words “and permitted food conditioner”.

Amendment of regulation 250

124. Regulation 250 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by inserting after the word “contain” the words “sulphur dioxide as” and inserting after the words “preservative” the words “in proportion not exceeding 250 mg/kg.”.


inserting after the word “contain” the words “sulphur dioxide as” and inserting after the words “preservative” the words “in proportion not exceeding 250 mg/kg.”.


(3), (4) and (5).


(3).

Amendment of regulation 254A 128. Regulation 254A of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting subregulation

(3).


(3).


(3).


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deleting the words “, whether permitted or not under these Regulations.


(2).


(2).


(3).


deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”.


deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner including” and deleting paragraph (a), (b), (c) and (d).


deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner” and deleting paragraph (a), (b), (c) and (d).


deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner including beeswax, candelila wax, shellac or carnauba wax as permitted glazing agent in a proportion not exceeding 500 mg/kg”


deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”.


(3).


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deleting the words “food additive excluded”.


(a) in subregulation (2) by deleting paragraph (c), (d) and (e); and



(2).


(2).


(2).


(3).


deleting:

(a) the words “including not more than 10 per cent of flavor enhancer”; and



(2).


deleting the words “permitted preservative, caramel as a colouring substance and “and the words “as permitted flavouring substance”.


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deleting the words “permitted preservative, caramel as a colouring substance and “and the words “as permitted flavouring substance”.


deleting the words “permitted preservative, caramel as a colouring substance” and “and the words “as permitted flavouring substance”.


inserting after the word “contain” the words “sulphur dioxide in proportion not exceeding 70 mg/kg” and deleting the words “, caramel as a colouring substance and” and the word “as permitted flavouring substance”.


(3).


(2).


(3).


deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”.




deleting the words “permitted preservative,” and deleting the words “, calcium disodium ethylenediamine tetra-acetate not exceeding 75 mg/kg and other permitted food conditioner”.


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deleting the words “permitted preservative,” and deleting the words “and calcium disodium ethylenediamine tetra-acetate not exceeding 75 mg/kg and other permitted food conditioner”.


(2).




(a) deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”;

(b) in subregulation (3) (a) by deleting the word “and”; and

(c) deleting the subregulation (3) (b).


(2).

Amendment of regulation 352 164. Regulation 352 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by:

(a) deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”;

(b) in subregulation (3) (a) by deleting the word “and”; and



(a) in subregulation (1A) by deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”;

(b) in subregulation (1B) by deleting the word “and”; and


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(2).


deleting the words “permitted colouring substance,” and deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”.


deleting the words “with or without sweetening substance and”.




deleting the words “permitted food conditioner,” and deleting the words “and permitted preservative”.


deleting the words “permitted permitted preservative,” and deleting the words “and food conditioner”.


(3).


(3).


(3).


(3).

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(3).


(3).


(2).


(2).


deleting the words “and caramel as a colouring substance”.


deleting the words “caramel as a colouring substance and”.


deleting the words “caramel as a colouring substance and”.

Amendment of regulation 386 183. Regulation 386 is amended in subregulation (2) by deleting the words “permitted

colouring substance”.


deleting the words “permitted preservative, permitted colouring substance,” and deleting the words “and permitted conditioner”.


(4) and (5).

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(7) and (8).


(7).


(14) and (15). Amendment of regulation 392 189. Regulation 392 of the principal Regulations is amended by subtituting subregulation (2) with the following subregulation:

“(2) Where any specified food is prepared in the form of low energy food, the low energy food so prepared shall comply with the standard for that specified food as prescribed in these Regulations, except that such low energy food shall not have a total energy value exceeding those prescribed in the Twenty-fourth Schedule and may contain acesulfame potassium in proportion not exceeding 3000mg/kg, neotame in proportion not exceeding 50 mg/kg, aspartame, erythritol, saccharin and sodium saccharin as permitted sweetening substances.”.

Amendment of regulation 393 190. Regulation 393 of the principal Regulations is amended in subregulation (2) by deleting the words “and permitted food conditioner”.


(a) by substituting subregulation (2) with the following subregulation:

“(2) Food not elsewhere standardized may contain permitted added nutrient and permitted flavouring substance.”; and

(b) by deleting subregulation (3) and (3A).

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SCHEDULE

Deletion of Sixth Schedule 192. The Sixth Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Sixth A Schedule 193. The Sixth A Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

New Schedule of Sixth B Schedule 194. By inserting Table I of Sixth B Schedule as follows:

Table I

PERMITTED FOOD ADDITIVE FUNCTIONAL CLASSES

Functional class Definition

Acidity regulator A food additive, which controls the acidity or alkalinity of a food.

Anticaking agent A food additive, which reduces the tendency of components of food to adhere to one another.

Antifoaming agent A food additive, which prevents or reduces foaming. Antioxidant A food additive, which prolongs the shelf-life of foods by

protecting against deterioration caused by oxidation. Bleaching agent A food additive used to decolourize food other than flour.

Bleaching agents do not include pigments. Bulking agent A food additive, which contributes to the bulk of a food

without contributing significantly to its available energy value. Carbonating agent A food additive used to provide carbonation in a food. Carrier A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or

otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function (and without exerting any technological effect itself) in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.

Colour A food additive, which adds or restores colour in a food. Colour retention agent A food additive, which stabilizes, retains or intensifies the

colour of a food. Emulsifier A food additive, which forms or maintains a uniform emulsion

of two or more phases in a food. Emulsifying salt A food additive, which, in the manufacture of processed

food, rearranges proteins in order to prevent fat separation. Firming agent A food additive, which makes or keeps tissues of fruit or

vegetables firm and crisp, or interacts with gelling agents to produce or strengthen a gel.

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Flavouring, A food additive, which is added to food to impart, modify, or enhance the flavour of food.

Flavour enhancer A food additive, which enhances the existing taste and/or odour of a food.

Flour treatment agent A food additive, which is added to flour or dough to improve its baking quality or colour.

Foaming agent A food additive, which makes it possible to form or maintain a uniform dispersion of a gaseous phase in a liquid or solid food.

Gelling agent A food additive, which gives a food texture through formation of a gel.

Glazing agent A food additive, which when applied to the external surface of a food, imparts a shiny appearance or provides a protective coating.

Humectant A food additive, which prevents food from drying out by counteracting the effect of a dry atmosphere.

Packaging gas A food additive gas, which is introduced into a container before, during or after filling with food with the intention to protect the food, for example, from oxidation or spoilage.

Preservative

A food additive, which prolongs the shelflife of a food by protecting against deterioration caused by microorganisms

Propellant A food additive gas, which expels a food from a container Raising agent A food additive or a combination of food additives, which

liberate gas and thereby increase the volume of a dough or batter.

Sequestrant A food additive, which controls the availability of a cation. Stabilizer A food additive, which makes it possible to maintain a

uniform dispersion of two or more components. Sweetener A food additive (other than a mono or disaccharide sugar),

which imparts a sweet taste to a food. Thickener A food additive, which increases the viscosity of a food.

New Schedule of Sixth B Schedule 195. By inserting Table II of Sixth B Schedule as follows:

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Table II PROHIBITED FOOD ADDITIVE

Cyclamate

New Schedule of Sixth B Schedule 196. By inserting Table III of Sixth B Schedule as follows:

Table III STANDARD FOR CERTAIN PERMITTED FOOD ADDITIVE

1. Enzymatically modified stevia It shall be a substance obtained by using enzymatic process on stevia extract in the form of a white or yellowish powder, odourless and has a sweet taste.

Assay not less than 60 per cent of steviol compounds and not more than 15 per cent of non-reacting steviol compounds on a dry weight basis

Melting point 196°C to 198°C Ash not more than 1 per cent Loss on drying 6 per cent water on drying at 105°C for 2 hours

2. Ice structured protein Ice structuring protein type III HPLC 12 preparation is a protein excreted from the fermentation of a genetically modified yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to which a synthetic gene encoding for the protein has been inserted into the yeast’s genome.

Assay Not less than 5 g/L active ice structuring protein type III HPLC 12

pH 3.0+/-0.5 Ash Not more than 2% Appearance Light brown aqueous preparation Heavy metals Not more than 2 mg/L Microbial limits Total microbial count

<3000 per g

Coliforms <10 per g Yeast and mould count

<100 per g

Listeria sp. Absent in 25 g Salmonella sp. Absent in 25 g Bacillus cereus

<100 per g

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New Schedule of Sixth B Schedule 197. By inserting Table IV of Sixth B Schedule as follows:

Table IV PERMITTED FOOD ADDITIVE

Food Additive Functional class

Food Maximum permitted proportion

4-hexylresorcinol

Antioxidant Fresh, chilled and frozen crustacean

2 mg/kg (residue in the final product)

Enzymatically modified stevia

Sweetener Flavoured milk Filled milk Cultured milk Ice cream Ice confection Pickle Canned fruit, canned fruit cocktail Jam, fruit jelly, marmalade Chutney Candied fruit or glazed fruit or crystallized fruit, Candied peel Fruit pulp, Fruit puree or fruit paste Table confection Dried or dehydrated vegetable Canned vegetable Peanut butter Tomato paste, tomato pulp, tomato puree Sugar confection Chewing gum Prepared cereal food Flour confection Soya bean milk, soya bean drink Meat paste Prepared fish Seri kaya Table-top sweetening substance Soup, soup stock Salad dressing, mayonnaise Chilli sauce, tomato sauce Fish sauce, oyster sauce, oyster flavoured sauce Soya sauce or soya bean sauce or kicap Blended HVP sauce, hydrolysed vegetable protein sauce Soft drink Tea mix, premix coffee

200 m/kg 330 mg/kg 330 mg/kg 330 mg/kg 270 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 330 mg/kg 360 mg/kg 330 mg/kg 40 mg/kg

330 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 40 mg/kg 70 mg/kg 330 mg/kg 165 mg/kg

700 mg/kg

3500 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 165 mg/kg 200 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 330 mg/kg

GMP 50 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 350 mg/kg 350 mg/kg

30 mg/kg

165 mg/kg

200mg/kg 200mg/kg

Ice structured protein

Stabilizer Ice cream Dairy ice cream

100 mg/l 100 mg/l

Paprika Colour Pasta GMP

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oleoresin Prepared cereal food Bread Flavoured milk Lactose hydrolized milk Butter Cheese, processed cheese, cheese paste, cheese spread or cheese mixture, club cheese Cultured milk Ice cream Soft brown sugar, coloured sugar and icing sugar Sweetened creamer Non dairy creamer Flour confection Sugar confection Ice confection Table confection Manufactured meat and casing Fish paste, Fish sauce Belacan, cincalok, pekasam Oyster sauce and oyster flavoured sauce Fish keropok Margarine Vanaspati blended cooking oil Dried vegetable, canned vegetable Tomato paste Fermented soya bean product Soup and soup stock Dried fruit, fruit puree Candied cherries , canned cherries and cherries in canned fruit cocktail Jam, Fruit jelly and marmalade Chilli sauce, Tomato sauce Pickle Fruit syrup, fruit cordial or fruit squash. Fruit juice drink and Fruit drink Flavoured syrup or flavoured cordial Flavoured drink Soft drink base or soft drink premix Botanical beverage mix. Wine cocktail, vermouth or wine aperitif Beer, lager, ale or stout Brandy, rum, whisky, liqueur and shandy Food not elsewhere standardized

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Deletion of Seventh Schedule 198. The Seventh Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Ninth Schedule 199. The Ninth Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Tenth Schedule 200. The Tenth Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Eleventh Schedule 201. The Eleventh Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Sixteenth B Schedule 202. The Sixteenth B Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Seventeenth Schedule 203. The Seventeenth Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Twentieth A Schedule 204. The Twentieth A Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion of Twenty-First Schedule 205. The Twenty-First Schedule of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting Table

II.

Deletion of Twenty-First A Schedule 206. The Twenty-First A Schedule of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting

Table II.

Deletion of Twenty-Second Schedule 207. The Twenty-Second Schedule of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting

Table II.

Deletion of Twenty-Third Schedule 208. The Twenty-Third Schedule of the principal Regulations is deleted.

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