Food (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 111 of 2011)

Food (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011 GN No. 111 of 2011 THE FOOD ACT Regulations made by the Minister under section 18 of the Food Act 1. These regulations may be cited as the Food (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2011. 2. In these regulations "Act" means the Food Act. 3. The Sixth Schedule to the Act is repealed and replaced by the Sixth Schedule set out in the Schedule to these regulations. Made by the Minister on 4 May 2011. SCHEDULE [Regulation 3] SIXTH SCHEDULE [Section 7(3)] LABORATORY FEES PART A Test of parameters Fee per analysis/test (Rs) Acid insoluble ash Acidity as lactic acid in milk Alcohol content (by alcoholmeter) Alcohol extract Alkalinity Alkalinity of water soluble ash Ash Boiling point Calcium water soluble (in salt) Colour in water Conductivity Fat content Fibre in food Fixed acidity in alcoholic drink Free fatty acid Freezing point Furfuraldehyde Gluten Iodine value Magnesium water soluble (in salt) Matter insoluble in water Melting point Moisture 1,500 500 1,000 1,000 500 1,500 1,000 750 1,000 1,000 750 2,000 1,500 750 1,000 750 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 750 750 500 Peroxide value pH Plastics identification Protein Radioactivity Rancidity Refractive index Saponification value Sodium chloride content Solubility in milk powders Specific gravity Sugar (sucrose) Sulphate Sulphur dioxide Total solids Total volatile nitrogen Turbidity Volatile acidity in alcoholic drink Water soluble ash 1,000 300 1,000 1,000 500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 750 1,000 1,000 1,000 500 1,000 1,000 750 1,000 PART B Test requiring hi-tech equipment Fee per analysis/test (Rs) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry Fourrier transform infrared spectrophotometry Gas chromatrograph – mass spectrometry Gas-liquid chromatography analysis High performance ion chromatography analysis Liquid chromatograph – mass spectrometry Ultra violet/visible spectrophotometry 1,000 3,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 3,000 PART C Toxicological and microbiological test Blood cholinesterase Heavy metal in body fluids Microbiological test Toxicological test Fee per analysis/test (Rs) 250 1,000 1,000 1,000 PART D Copy of certificate Copy of a certificate of analysis Fee per copy (Rs) 100