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[接上页] (c) any specified food in relation to which 2 or more permitted preservatives are specified in Part I of the First Schedule may contain an admixture of those preservatives as follows- (i) in the case of bacon, ham, preserved pork, preserved Chinese sausage or pickled meat, to the maximum quantity of each such preservative appropriate thereto in accordance with Part I of that Schedule; (L.N. 181 of 1977; L.N. 307 of 1998) (ii) in any other case, only if, when the quantity of each such preservative present in that food is expressed as a percentage of the maximum quantity of that preservative appropriate to that food in accordance with Part I of that Schedule, the sum of those percentages does not exceed 100; (d) any food may contain, in any proportion not exceeding 5 parts per million, formaldehyde derived from any wet strength wrapping containing any resin based on formaldehyde or from any plastic food container or utensil manufactured from any resin of which formaldehyde is a condensing component; (e) the skin, but not the flesh, of a banana may contain nystatin; (f) cheese, clotted cream or any canned food may contain nisin; (g) any food may contain nisin introduced in the preparation of that food by the use of any cheese, clotted cream or canned food containing nisin; (h) this regulation shall not apply to any food containing any preservative which is naturally present in that food; (i) any specified food may have in it or on it the antioxidant specified in relation thereto in Column 2 of Part II of the First Schedule and in the amounts specified in relation thereto in Column 3 of Part II of that Schedule; (j) any food which contains as an added ingredient any specified food, may contain antioxidant of the description specified for, and in the amount appropriate to the quantity of, such specified food in accordance with paragraph (1)(i); (k) any food which contains milk fat by reason of the addition as an ingredient of any dairy product, may contain antioxidant of the description, and in the amount specified, in accordance with Part II of the First Schedule, in relation to a quantity of anhydrous fat equal by weight to that milk fat. [cf. S.I. 1962/1532 r. 3 U.K.] (2) Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the presence in any compounded food of any permitted preservative introduced in the preparation of that food by the use of one or more specified foods (other than fruit and fruit pulp intended for manufacturing purposes and any unfermented grape juice product intended for sacramental use) if that permitted preservative- (a) may under these regulations be present in any specified food used in the compounded food; and (b) is present in the compounded food in no greater proportion, 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 regulations 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 preparation 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. [cf. S.I. 1962/1532 r. 4 U.K.] Cap 132BD reg 4 Food containing antioxidant not to be recommended for babies and young children 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 advertisement for any food; or (c) use on, or in connection with, the sale of food any description, 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. [cf. S.I. 1966/1500 r. 7 U.K.] Cap 132BD reg 5 Sale, labelling and advertisement of preservatives and antioxidants (1) No person shall sell any substance which is recommended 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; |