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Food (Antioxidants) Regulations, 2013.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1809/4, 6 May 2013, p. 1A.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Hygiene/sanitary procedures Standards Breastfeeding/infant food Internal trade International trade Food additives Food quality control/food safety Nutrition
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

These Regulations amend Food (Antioxidants) Regulations, 2009. Amendments provide for replacing regulations 4 and 9, by the substitution for the words "intended for infants and young children” of the words "for infants or young children"; for the definition of the expression "antioxidant” of the following new definition: "antioxidant” means a food additive which prolongs the shelf life of the foods by protecting it against deterioration caused by oxidation; by the insertion, immediately after the definition of the expression “infants”, of the following definition: "foods for infants or young children” means foods that are specially prepared, manufactured or marketed for infants or young children; by the substitution, for the definition of the expression “young children” of the new definition: "young children" means children between the age of twelve months and the age of 36 months.

Full text
Sinhala/English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Amends

Food (Antioxidants) Regulations, 2009.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2009

Keyword: Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Standards, International trade, Food additives, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX