Food (Sweeteners) Regulations, 2014. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Regulation Date 2014 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Food additives Sugar Standards Authorization/permit Packaging/labelling Transport/storage Internal trade International trade Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Entry into force notes These Regulations enter into force on 1 July 2015. Abstract These Regulations, made by the Minister of Health under Section 32 of the Food Act No. 26 of 1980, regulate food sweeteners. In particular, they establish that no person shall use any sweetener in or on any food specially prepared for infants or young children. No person shall import, store, distribute, transport, use, sell, expose or advertise for sale any sweetener other than the sweetener specified in Column II of the Schedule I. No person shall use in or on any food more than the maximum usable dose specified in the corresponding entry in Column III of the Schedule I. Every person shall ensure that if any food to which a combination of more than one permitted sweetener are to be an admixture, the total of their percentages do not exceed hundred. For the purpose of this regulation, the quantity of each such sweetener present in such food shall be expressed as a percentage of the maximum quantity of that sweetener appropriate to that food. Where a permitted sweetener or a combination of permitted sweeteners is used in or on any food, there shall be written on the label of the package containing such food. Full text Sinhala/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 Repeals Food (Sweeteners) Regulations, 2003. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2004 Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Standards, Food additives Source: FAO, FAOLEX