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Food (Colour Coding for Sugar levels) Regulations, 2016.

Pays/Territoire
Sri Lanka
Type du document
Règlement
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Alimentation et nutrition
Mot clé
Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Additifs alimentaires Sucre Autorisation/permis Commerce intérieur Commerce international Transport/dépôt Emballage/étiquetage Classement/déclassement
Aire géographique
Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on 1 August 2016.
Résumé

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, in terms of Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980, regulate the Food Colour Coding for Sugar levels. In particular, they establish that no person shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or advertise any food specified in the Schedule I unless such food is labelled in the manner as specified in regulation 3. The container or the package which contains such food shall have a label which shall adhere to the following: a) a numerical description of the sugar content as specified in Column 1 of the Schedule II; b) a description of the relative sugar level as specified in Column 2 of the Schedule II; c) a colour code displayed as specified in Column 3 of the Schedule II and as illustrated in Schedule III; d) the diameter of the inner circle in the logo shown under Schedule III which specifies the colour relating to particular sugar level, shall not be less than 1 cm; e) description in Schedule III shall comprise font size with the minimum height of 1.5mm and shall be legible. The description of the sugar level shall be indicated as high sugar, medium sugar or low sugar as the case may be in all three languages.

Texte intégral
Singhalais/Anglais
Site web
eohfs.health.gov.lk

Références - Législation

Implemente

Food Act No. 26 of 1980.

Législation | Sri Lanka | 1980

Mot clé: Législation de base, Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires, Emballage/étiquetage, Institution, Entité non-gouvernementale, Fraude, Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives, Autorisation/permis, Royalties/redevances

Source: FAO, FAOLEX