USE OF WATER, ICE OR STEAM
MISCELLANEOUS
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PRELIMINARY
Interpretation
IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Food Act 1983 [Act 281], the Minister issues the following regulations:. health professional" means a hospital administrator, doctor, nutritionist, food technologist, dietitian, pharmacist, health educator, medical social worker and matron working in the health system. infant" means a newborn person up to 12 months of age;. modern biotechnology" has the same meaning as assigned to it under the Biosafety Act 2007 [Act 678]. 34;outer package" means any container in which more than one properly labeled package of the same type of food is placed for sale at retail; . young children" means a person from the age of more than twelve months up to the age of three years.
Food which requires a written warranty from manufacturer, etc
A- APPROVAL FOR SALE OF FOOD OBTAINED THROUGH MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY Regulation 3A. Approval for sale of food obtained through modern biotechnology
- Procedure on taking samples for physical and chemical analysis
- Procedure on taking samples for microbiological analysis
- Request for analysis of food sample and certificate of analyst
- Sample of food
Where a food sample is required for microbiological analysis, the authorized officer who takes or otherwise obtains the sample shall be in accordance with Article 5 of the Act. For the purposes of this Part, a food sample may consist of one or more parts or units of the same type of food.
LABELLING
Language to be used
In cases where only one food sample is taken only one of the label shall be pasted on such sample while another label is to be affixed to the request for analysis form.
Particulars in labelling
For the purpose of paragraphs (1)(e) and (g), where the food ingredients or food additives added to such food are obtained from animals, the common name of such animal shall also appear on the label. of these foods: Provided that it is not necessary to indicate the name of the animal from which the ingredient or food additive is derived, if this can be deduced from the relevant label of such ingredient or food additive. 3A).
Form and manner of labelling
Size and colour of letters
Date marking
For the purposes of subregulation (1), the expression -. (a) "expiry date", in relation to a package of food, means the date after which the food, when stored in accordance with the storage conditions stated on the label of that food, may not retain the quality characteristics normally expected by a food customer; And. Provided that where only one month of a given year is mentioned, it is assumed that the expiry date or date of minimum durability, as the case may be, will be towards the end of that month.
Statement of strength of ingredient
Packing on retail premises
Exemption from regulations 11, 14,16 and 18B
Matter forbidden on any label
1A) Claim emphasizing the non-addition of sugar may be included in the label if – (a) no sugar of any type has been added to the food;. 2A) Claims emphasizing the non-addition of sodium salts, including “no added salt” may be included in the label if-. a) the food contains no added sodium salts;.
Preservative
Schedule, this percentage must not exceed the percentage of this ingredient present in the preparation of the food.
Colouring substance
For the purposes of these Regulations, “natural flavouring” means any flavoring substance obtained by physical processes which may result in unavoidable but unintended changes in the chemical structure of the components of the flavoring substance, or by enzymatic or microbiological processes from plant or plant material . animal origin, and is not a synthetic flavoring agent or any flavoring agent formed by chemical synthesis. Provided that where more than one of these natural toxic substances is present, the quantity of each shall be such that, expressed as a percentage of the separately permitted quantity, the sum of the different percentages does not exceed one hundred.
Flavour enhancer
Antioxidant
Provided that the food conditioner specified in column (2) of Table II of the Eleventh Schedule may also be added to the food specified opposite it in column (1) of the said Schedule. 5) When any food is added with 25 g per 100 g of polydextrose or more, the words "Sensitive individuals may experience a laxative effect from excessive consumption of food containing polydextrose" must be written on the package label containing this food.
Added Nutrient
Provided that the food conditioner specified in column (2) of Table II to the Eleventh Schedule may also be added to the food specified against it in column (1) of the said Table. PROBIOTIC CULTURES DERIVED FROM (the common name of such animal)”. 8) It can be written in the label on a package of food that has probiotic cultures.
PACKAGES FOR FOOD
Ceramic ware
Release of lead and cadmium – Part 1: Test method, and the amount of lead and cadmium released from the ceramic ware does not exceed the maximum permitted ratio as specified in Table I of the Thirteenth Schedule. Any other classification of ceramic ware including terracotta; and. d) The words 'FOR FOOD CONTACT', or the symbol as specified in Table III of the Thirteenth Schedule.
Use of polyvinyl chloride package containing excess vinyl chloride monomer prohibited
For the purpose of subregulation (6), the information must appear conspicuously and prominently, and—. a) in the case of ceramic ware prepared, manufactured or packaged in Malaysia, be in the Malay language; or. b) in the case of imported ceramic ware, be in Malay or English language, and in either case may include translation thereof into any other language.
Food packaged in polyvinyl chloride container shall not contain excess vinyl chloride monomer
Use of packages for non – food product prohibited
Recycling of packages prohibited
Packages that may be recycled for similar products
Presumption as to the use of any packages
Use of damaged package prohibited
Metal contaminant
Am.P.U.(A A) No person shall import, prepare or advertise for sale or sell any food specified in column (1) of Tables IA, IB, IC, 1D and IE of the Fourteenth Schedule, containing the substances specified in the sections of the said tables in a proportion greater than the maximum permitted quantity specified next to that food in column (2) of the tables. (2) No person shall import, prepare or prepare the food additive specified in column (1) of Table II of the Fourteenth Schedule, containing the substances listed in the entries in columns (2) to (8) sell advertise or sell. the said table in a proportion greater than the maximum permitted amount specified next to that food additive in its columns applicable to the substances. No person shall import, prepare or advertise for sale or sale any food specified in column (1) of the Fourteenth A-list that contains 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) in a proportion greater than the maximum allowed amount. specified against that food in column (2) of the Annex.
Microorganism and their toxins
Pesticide residue
Flour
Wheat flour
48 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg). 3) Bleached chlorinated wheat flour shall not contain more than 0.6 percent ash calculated on the basis of 14 percent moisture.
Gluten wheat flour
Protein – increased wheat flour
Rice
Milled rice
Rice flour or ground rice
Glutinous rice
Glutinous rice flour
Tapioca or cassava
Tapioca flour or tapioca starch
Sago
Sago flour
Corn flour
Custard powder
Flour is a clean and healthy product obtained by grinding healthy, cleaned grains; and the mixed meal is explained accordingly.
Wheat germ meal or wheat germ
Oatmeal
Pasta
Prepared cereal food
Flour must be the pure and wholesome product obtained by grinding wholesome, purified grain; and mixed flour shall be interpreted accordingly. 4) Every package of prepared cereals must be labeled with instructions for use.
Bread
White bread
Repealed]
Fruit bread
Milk bread
Meal bread
Repealed]
Rye bread
Wheat-germ bread
Wholemeal bread
Enriched bread
Malt extract
Baker’s malt extract, commercial malt extract or bakers’ maltose
Acid phosphate
Baking powder
If two or more names are available for an acid material, the most commonly used name should be given.
Milk product
Skimmed milk, skim milk, non – fat milk or separated milk
The words form the first line or lines of the label and no other words may appear on the same line or lines.
Pasteurized milk
Ultra high temperature milk or U.H.T milk
Full cream milk powder or dried full cream milk
The words form the first line or lines of the label and no other words may appear in the same line or lines; and. Skimmed milk powder, skimmed milk powder, dried nonfat solids or separated milk powder.
Skimmed milk powder, skim milk powder, dried non – fat milk solids or separated milk powder
For the purposes of this Regulation, "child" means a person from the age of twelve months to nine years. For flavored variants of formulated milk powder for children, the total sucrose content must not exceed 20 g per 100 g. e) may contain optional ingredients as specified in column (1) of Table II to the Sixteenth AA Schedule in an amount not exceeding the maximum permitted proportion as specified in column (2) of the Table; and. iii) permitted coloring matter; and (iv) the following permitted antioxidants:. a) mixed tocopherol concentrate or α-tocopherol, individually or in combination, maximum 20 mg per 100 g milk powder and.
Recombined milk
Reconstituted milk
Evaporated milk or unsweetened condensed milk
Condensed milk or sweetened condensed milk
The words form the first line of the label and no other words may appear on the same line.
Filled milk
The words will form the first line of the label and no other words will appear on the same line. is replaced in whole or in part by an equivalent amount of edible vegetable oil or edible vegetable fat or a combination thereof. The words shall form the first line or lines of the label, and no other words shall appear in the same line or lines; and. b) a statement on the type of edible vegetable fat or edible vegetable oil present as an ingredient.
Evaporated filled milk or unsweetened condensed filled milk
Condensed filled milk or sweetened condensed filled milk
4) The words "fermented milk" must be written on the label on a package containing fermented milk. Anise seed powder shall be the powder obtained from the clean, dried fruit of Pimpinella anisum and shall contain not less than 0.7 per cent v/w volatile essential oil. It must contain not less than 2.5 percent v/w volatile essential oil and must be free from the seeds of Argemone moxicana.
MISCELLANEOUS Regulation 395. Food not elsewhere standardized
No person shall use any permitted preservative in food that is not standardized elsewhere without the prior approval of the Director. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, it shall be lawful for any person at any time within twelve months after the coming into force of these Regulations to prepare, sell or import any food, the preparation, sale or importation of which is otherwise lawful under .
