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SECTION 4 (Regulations as to composition of food, etc.)
The Pood Standards (Table Jellies) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations,
1962 made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Pood and the
Minister of Health came into operation on 12th July, 1962 and -
(a) provide for the revocation, on 12th July, 1963, of the Food Standards
(Table Jellies) Order, 1949, as amended (which Order has effect in
England and Wales as if contained in regulations made under section 4
of the Food and Drugs Act. 1955), and
(b) make amendments to that Order so that in the meantime the standards
for table jelly tablets, table jelly crystals and table jelly
compounds prescribed in it shall not apply to pre-packed food which
either bears a label containing a true statement of ingredients and
other particulars conforming to the requirements of article 4(1) to
(3) inclusive of the Labelling of Food Order, 1953, or which if sold
otherwise than by retail is covered by a statement of ingredients
and other particulars furnished in accordance with article 6(1)(b)
of that Order.
The Preservatives in Food Regulations. 1962 made jointly by the Minister
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister of Health re-enact with
amendments, the Public Health (Preservatives, etc. in Food) Regulations, 1925
to 1958 Hie principal changes are:-
(a) the list of permitted preservatives and of specified foods which may
contain those preservatives has been extended (regulations 2(3) and 3
and Schedules 1 and 2);
(b) specified foods may contain a mixture of permitted preservatives
within certain limits (para (c) of the proviso to regulation 3(1));
(c) certain foods may contain permitted preservatives in excess of the
limits specified in Schedule 1 if the food is covered by a statement
in the prescribed form (para.(b) of the proviso to regulation 3(1)
and Schedule 3);
(d) any food may contain not more than five parts per million of formaldehyde
derived solely from any resin used in the manufacture of wet
strength papers or of plastic food containers or utensils (para.(d)
of the proviso to regulation 3(1));
(e) the skin but not the flesh of a banana may contain nystatin; and
cheese, clotted cream and any canned food may contain nisin (paras,
(e), (h) and (k) of the proviso to regulation 3(1));
(f) the regulations provide that where certain food is certified by a
public analyst as containing any preservative not permitted by the
regulations, that food may be treated for the purposes of section 9 of
the Food and Drugs Act 1955, as being unfit for human consumption
(regulation 7).
These regulations do not apply to milk with regard to this, separate
Milk and Dairies Regulations have been made.
The Emulsifiers and Stabilisers in Food Regulations, 1962. These
Regulations were made jointly by the Minister of Agriculture. Fisheries and
Food and the Minister of Health under sections 4 7 and 123 of the Food and
Drugs Act 1955 They -
(a) prohibit the sale or importation of flour containing any emulsifier
or stabiliser (regulation 3(2) and (4))
(b) prohibit the sale or importation of flour containing any emulsifier
or stabiliser other than stearyl tartrate or partial glycerol esters
(regulation 3(3) and (4));