Food (Formaldehyde in fish) Regulations, 2010

w;s úfYI wxl 1646$19 - 2010 ud¾;= 24 jeks nodod - 2010'03'24 No. 1646/19 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010 EXTRAORDINARY The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications 1A L.D.B- 11/80. FOOD ACT, No. 26 OF 1980 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition under Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 as amended by the Food (Amendment) Act, No. 20 of 1991 in consultation with the Food Advisory Committee. NIMAL SIRIPALA DE SILVA, Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition. Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition, Colombo, 16th March, 2010. REGULATIONS Food (Formaldehyde in fish) Regulations 2010 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Formaldehyde in fish) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation with effect from 1st July, 2010. 2. No person shall import, transport, distribute, store, sell, offer or expose for sale any fish in Sri Lanka, which contains Formaldehyde in levels exceeding 5 mg/kg (ppm.) 3. Every person importing fish into the country shall produce at the point of entry of such fish into the country, a certificate of conformity from the relevant National Authority of the country of origin or exporting country as the case may be, which states that the fish imported, conform to the levels specified in these Regulations. 04-254 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA. Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h