Food Safety and Quality

Food Regulations 1985

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Food Act 1983, the Minister makes the following regulations;

Arrangement of Regulations

PART I - Preliminary
PART II - Warranty
PART III - Prosedure For Taking Samples
PART IV - Labelling
PART V - Food Additive and Nutrient Supplement
PART VI - Packages for Food
PART VII - Incidental Constituent
PART VIII - Standards and Particular Labelling Requirements for Food Cereal, Cereal Product, Starch and Bread Malt and Malt Extract, Food Aerating Substance, Milk and milk Product, Sweetening Substance, Confection, Meat and Meat Product, Fish and Fish Product, Egg and Egg Product, Edible Fat and Edible Oil, Vegetable and Vegetable Product, Soup and Soup Stock , Fruit and Fruit Product, Jam, Fruit Jelly, Marmalade and Seri Kaya, Nut and Nut Product, Tea, Coffee, Chicory and Related Product, Cocoa and Cocoa Product, Milk Shake, Salt and Spice, Vinegar, Sauce, Chutney and Pickle, Soft Drink, Alcoholic Beverage, Shandy, Special Purpose Food
PART IX - Use of Water, Ice or Steam
PART X - Miscellaneous

Lists of Schedules

First Schedule (Regulation 3) - Food Requiring Written Warranty
Second Schedule (Regulation 6) - Label For Food Sample
Third Schedule (Regulation 7 [1] ) - Request For Analysis of Food Sample
Fourth Schedule (Regulation 7 [2] ) - Analyst's Certificate
Fifth Schedule (Regulation 15) - Food Requiring Date Marking
Sixth Schedule (Regulation 20) - Permitted Preservative
Seventh Schedule (Regulation 21) - Permitted Colouring Substance Table I, Table II, Table III
Eighth Schedule (Regulation 22) Table I - Prohibited Flavouring Substance, Table II - Permitted Flavouring Substance
Ninth Schedule (Regulation 23) - Permitted Flavour Enhancer
Tenth Schedule (Regulation 24) - Permitted Antioxidant That May Be Added
Eleventh Schedule (Regulation 25) - Permitted Food Conditioner (Table I & Table II)
Twelfth Schedule (Regulation 26) - Permitted Nutrient Supplement