| (Cap 132, section 55) [11 November 1960] G.N.A. 132 of 1960 (G.N.A. 74 of 1960) Cap 132W reg 1 Citation These regulations may be cited as the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations. Cap 132W reg 2 Interpretation (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "additive" (添加剂) means any substance, not commonly regarded or used as food, which is added to, or used in or on, food at any stage to affect its keeping qualities, texture, consistency, appearance, taste, odour, alkalinity or acidity, or to serve any other technological function in relation to food, and includes processing aids in so far as they are added to, or used in or on, food as aforesaid, but does not include- (a) vitamins, minerals or other nutrients in so far as they are used solely for the purpose of fortifying or enriching food or of restoring the constituents of food; (b) herbs or spices when used as seasoning; (c) hops; (d) salt; (e) yeast or yeast extracts; (f) the total products of any hydrolysis or autolysis of food protein; (g) starter cultures; (h) malt or malt extract; (i) any substance which is present in food solely as a result of its addition to animal, bird or fish feedingstuffs or its use in a process or treatment carried out in crop husbandry, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine or storage (including any pesticide, fumigant, sprout depressant or veterinary medicine); or (j) air or water; (L.N. 222 of 1985) "Authority" (主管当局) means the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "catering establishment" (饮食供应机构) means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house, school, hospital or other establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) where, in the course of a business, food is prepared for delivery to the ultimate consumer for immediate consumption; (L.N. 222 of 1985) "Codex Alimentarius Commission" (食品法典委员会) means the body created in 1963 by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts; (L.N. 85 of 2004) "container" (容器) includes every kind of box, bottle, tin, carton, package or wrapping enclosing an article or substance, but does not include an outer cover or wrapping superimposed for the purpose of consignment or delivery; "frozen confection" (冰冻甜点) means any confection commonly sold for human consumption in a frozen or chilled state; (L.N. 163 of 1969) "ingredient" (配料) means any substance, including any additive and any constituent of a compound ingredient, which is used in the manufacture or preparation of a food and which is still present in the finished product, even if in altered form; (L.N. 222 of 1985) "International Numbering System for Food Additives" (食物添加剂国际编码系统) means the numbering system adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission for identifying food additives in a list of ingredients of prepackaged food; (L.N. 85 of 2004) "ionizing radiation" (电离辐射) means any gamma rays, X-rays or corpuscular radiations which are capable of producing ions either directly or indirectly other than those rays or radiations which are emitted- (a) by measuring or inspection devices; and (b) at an energy level no higher than the appropriate maximum level; (L.N. 80 of 1996) "irradiated food" (辐照食物) means any food which has been subjected to treatment by ionizing radiation; (L.N. 80 of 1996) "labelling" (标签、加上标签), in relation to a food, includes any words, particulars, trade mark, brand name, pictorial matter or symbol relating to the food and appearing on the packaging of the food or on any document, notice, label, ring or collar accompanying the food; (L.N. 222 of 1985) "meat" (肉类) means the flesh or other edible part of- (a) any animal; or (b) any bird, intended for human consumption; (L.N. 116 of 1970; L.N. 222 of 1985) "milk" (奶类) means cows milk and includes cream and separated milk but does not include dried milk, condensed milk or reconstituted milk or buffaloes milk or goats milk; (32 of 1963 s. 20) "milk beverage" (奶类饮品) means any beverage resulting from the combining with a liquid of milk fat and other solids derived from milk, whether exclusive of any food additive or otherwise; (L.N. 217 of 1977) "permitted colouring matter" (准许染色料) means any colouring matter specified in the First Schedule to the Colouring Matter in Food Regulations (Cap. 132 sub. leg. H), or any combination of such colouring matters; "prepackaged food" (预先包装食物) means any food packaged, whether completely or partially, in such a way that- (a) the contents cannot be altered without opening or changing the packaging; and (b) the food is ready for presentation to the ultimate consumer or a catering establishment as a single food item; (L.N. 222 of 1985) "reconstituted milk" (再造奶) means products resulting from the recombining with water of milk constituents, namely, milk fat and other solids derived from milk exclusive of any other substance, and includes the products resulting from the melting of frozen concentrated milk and "to reconstitute milk" (再造奶) shall be construed accordingly; (L.N. 30 of 1967) |
