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(c) prohibit the sale or importation of any other food containing any
emulsifier or stabiliser which is not specified in the First Schedule
(regulation 3(1) and (4) and the First Schedule)
(d) provided in effect that the above mentioned provisions shall not
apply in the case of food containing any emulsifier or stabiliser
(i) inasmuch as that emulsifier or stabiliser is naturally present
in that food
(ii) by reason only of the use of that emulsifier or stabiliser in a
tin greasing emulsion (regulation 3(5));
(e) prohibit the sale or advertisement for sale of any food emulsifier or
stabiliser which is not a permitted emulsifier or stabiliser and impose
requirements as to the labelling and advertisement of permitted emulsifiers
and stabilisers (regulations 5 and 6 and the Second Schedule);
(f) prohibit the sale or importation of cream or reconstituted cream
containing any thickening substance and the sale or advertisement
for sale of any substance as a thickening substance for cream or
reconstituted cream (regulations 4 and 7)
(g) provide that where certain food is certified by a public analyst as
containing any emulsifier or stabiliser 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 8)
(h) do not apply to any emulsifier or stabiliser, or any food containing
any emulsifier or stabiliser intended for export (regulation 2(3))
(j) provide that the Public Health (Preservatives etc in Food) Regula
tions 1925 to 1958 shall not apply to any emulsifier or stabiliser
or as respects any emulsifier or stabiliser in food and revoke the
provisions of those regulations relating to thickening substances for
cream (regulations 2(4) and 11)
(k) do not apply to milk with regard to this separate Milk and Dairies
Regulations have been made.
These regulations will come into operation on 16th July. 1962 save that
the provisions relating to the labelling and advertisement of permitted
emulsifiers and stabilisers (regulations 5(2) and 6) will come into operation
on 14th January, 1963.
The Food and Drugs (Legal Proceedings) Regulations. 1962 were made jointly
by the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food and the Minister of Health,
and apply to certain sections of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955 and to a number
of regulations made thereunder.
SECTION 6 (False labelling or advertisement of food or drugs). A person
who gives with any food or drugs sold by him or displays with any food or
drug exposed by him for sale, a label whether attached to or printed on the
wrapper or container or not, which
(a) falsely describes the food or drug or
(b) is calculated to mislead as to its nature substance or quality
is guilty of an offence unless he proves that he did not know, and could not
with reasonable diligence have ascertained that the label was of such a
character as aforesaid. No action was taken under this section.
SECTION 8 (Punishment for sale, etc., of food unfit for human consumption)
This section provides that any person who sells or offers or exposes for sale,
or has in his possession for the purpose of sale any food intended for, but
unfit for, human consumption shall be guilty of an offence No proceedings
were taken under this Section.