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Food (Prohibition of Potassium Bromate in Flour) Regulations, 2000.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1175/13, 15 March 2001, p. 1A.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Food additives International trade Transport/storage Standards
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on the date of their publication.
Abstract

These Regulations establish the prohibition of using potassium bromate as food additive in wheat flour. It shall be prohibited to: import, sell, store or use potassium bromate for use in the production of wheat flour; import, transport, store, sell or expose for sale wheat flour to which potassium bromate has been added or used as a flour treatment agent; import, transport, store, manufacture, sell or expose for sale food that constitutes wheat flour as an ingredient to which potassium bromate has been added or used as a flour treatment agent.

Full text
English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Implements

Food Act No. 26 of 1980.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1980

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Packaging/labelling, Institution, Non-governmental entity, Fraud, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Authorization/permit, Royalties/fees

Source: FAO, FAOLEX