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[接上页] Column 1 Specified food Column 2 Antioxidant Column 3 Parts per million 1. Anhydrous edible oils and fats, whether hardened or not and vitamin oils and concentrates other than preparations containing more than 100000 I.U.'s Vitamin A per gram Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A) or Butylated hydroxytoluene(B.H.T.) or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T 100 200 200 200 2. Partial Glycerol Esters Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. 100 100 200 200 3. Butter for manufacturing purposes Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T 80 160 160 160 4. Essential oils and isolates from the concentrates of essential oils Propyl gallate or Octyl gallate or Dodecyl gallate or any mixture thereof or Butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) or Butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) or Any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T 1000 1000 1000 1000 5. Apples and pears Ethoxyquin 3 Note: (A) Butylated hydroxyanisole or butylated hydroxytoluene or mixtures thereof within the limits specified in Part II of his Schedule may be used in conjunction with propyl gallate or octyl gallate or dodecyl gallate or mixture thereof within the limits specified, provided that the total amount of antioxidant shall not exceed, in the case of anhydrous oils and fats and vitamin oils and concentrates, and partial glycerol esters, 300 parts per million, in the case of butter for manufacturing purposes, 240 parts per million and in the case of essential oils and isolates from the concentrates of essential oils, 1000 parts per million. (B) Preparations containing more than 100000 I.U.'s Vitamin A per gram are allowed to have in them or on them only 10 parts per million for each 1000 I.U.'s Vitamin A per gram of butylated hydroxyanisole (B.H.A.) or butylated hydroxytoluene (B.H.T.) or any mixture of B.H.A. and B.H.T. PART III Column 1 Preservative specified in First Schedule Column 2 Alternative form in which the preservative may be used (to be calculated as the preservative shown in Column 1) Benzoic acid Sodium benzoate Potassium benzoate Calcium benzoate Methyl para-hydroxybenzoate Methyl para-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt Ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate Ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate Propyl para-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt Ortho-phenylphenol Sodium ortho-phenylphenate Propionic acid Sodium propionate Calcium propionate Potassium propionate Sodium nitrate Potassium nitrate Sodium nitrite Potassium nitrite Sorbic acid Sodium sorbate Potassium sorbate Calcium sorbate Sulphur dioxide Sulphurous acid Sodium sulphite Sodium hydrogen sulphite Sodium metabisulphite Potassium sulphite Potassium metabisulphite Calcium sulphite Calcium hydrogen sulphite (L.N. 114 of 1984) Cap 132BD Sched 2 LABELLING OF ARTICLES OF FOOD CONTAINING PRESERVATIVE OR ANTIOXIDANT LABELLING OF PRESERVATIVES OR ANTIOXIDANTS AND STATEMENTS ABOUT ARTICLES OF FOOD CONTAINING EXCESS AMOUNTS OF PERMITTED PRESERVATIVES [regulations 3(1), 5 & 6] 1. The food containing preservatives to which the rules as to labelling set out in this Schedule apply are sausages, sausage meat, liquid coffee extract, liquid tea extract, pickles and sauces, and (where the proportion of benzoic acid exceeds 800 parts per million) unfermented grape juice products intended for sacramental use and any food containing antioxidant. 2. (1) Each container to which regulation 6 relates shall bear a label on which is printed clearly and conspicuously a true statement in the form of the following declaration- (X) CONTAIN(S) PRESERVATIVE(S) (2) The declaration shall be completed by inserting at (X) the words "This" or "These" followed by the common or usual name of the food as specified in paragraph 1 of this Schedule. (3) In the case of any unfermented grape juice product intended for sacramental use to which these regulations apply the words "and is not intended for use as a beverage" shall be added to the declaration. 3. Where any of the said article of food contains antioxidant it shall bear a label on which is printed in relation to every added antioxidant contained therein- (a) an accurate description of such antioxidant; and (b) the maximum amount of such antioxidant, expressed as parts per million (estimated by weight). 4. (1) The statement to which paragraph (b) of regulation 3(1) relates shall be printed clearly and conspicuously in the form of the following declaration- (X) CONTAINS NO MORE THAN (Y) PER CENT OF (Z) (Y) PER CENT OF (Z) AND IS/ARE NOT FOR RETAIL SALE (2) The declaration shall be completed by inserting at (X) the word "This" or "These" followed by the common or usual name of the food, at (Y) in words and figures (for example, "seventy (70)"), the maximum percentage by weight, correct to the nearest whole digit, of each and every preservative present in the food and at (Z) a correct description of the preservative to which such percentage relates: |