Processed Food (Amendment) Act No. 30 of 2017

JAMAICA No. -2017 I assent, Governor-General. AN ACT to Amend the Processed Food Act and the Processed Food (General) Regulations, 1959. [~:;} j }!f ()U(:pU,¾::i'f fJ BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Representatives of Jamaica, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Processed Food (Amendment) Act, 2017, and shall be read and construed as one with the Processed Food Act (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act") and all amendments thereto. 2. Section 5(1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph ( c ), and substituting therefor the following Short title and con­ struction. Amendment of section 5 of principal "(c) distribute or sell or have in possession for distribution or for Act. sale or attempt to distribute or sell any prescribed food that is unwholesome.". 2 Amendment of section 8 of principal Act. Amendment of section I 0 of principal Act. Amendment of section 12 of principal Act. Amendment of section 13 of principal Act. [No. The Processed Food (Amendment) Act, 2017 3. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended ( a) in the marginal note, by deleting the word "exported" and substituting thereforthe word "distributed"; (b) in subsection (l)(a), by deieting the word "export" and substituting thereforthe word "distribution"; and ( c) in subsection (2), by deleting the word "export" wherever it appears and substituting therefor, in each case, the word "distribute". 4. Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the word "export" wherever it appears and substituting therefor, in each case, the word "distribution". 5. Section 12(1 )(b) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the word "export" and substituting thereforthe word "distribution". 6. Section 13(1) of the principal Act is amended (a) by deleting paragraph (c), and substituting therefor the following "( c) prescribing grades and standards of purity, composition, quality, quantity, weight or other property in respect of any food to be manufactured, prepared or processed for distribution or for sale;"; (b) in paragraph ( e ), by deleting (i) the word "export" where it appears immediately after the word "who" and substituting therefor the word "distribute"; and (ii) the word "export" where it appears immediately after the word "for" and substituting therefor the word "distribution"; and (c) in paragraph (i), by deleting the word "exportation" and substituting therefor the word "distribution". The Processed Food (Amendment) Act, 2017 [No. ] 3 7. Section 14 of the principal Act is amended, in the marginal Amendment note, by deleting the word "export", and substituting therefor, the ~~ ~~~~~~;a~ 4 word "distribution". Act. 8. Section 18 of the principal Act is amended- Amendment of section 18 (a) in the marginal note, by deleting the word "export" and of principal Act. substituting therefor the word "distribution"; and (b) by deleting the word "export" and substituting therefor the word "distribution". 9 .-( 1) The provisions of the Processed Food (General) Regulations, 1959, specified in the first column of the Schedule are amended in the manner specified respectively in relation to them in the second column of the Schedule. (2) The amendments specified in the second column of the Schedule, shall be read and construed as one with the Regulations. Amendment of Processed Food (General) Regulations, 1959. ,. 4 [No. ] The Processed Food (Amendment) Act, 2017 SCHEDULE (Section9) Amendment to the Processed Food (General) Regulations, 1959 Provision Regulation 11 Regulation 12 Regulation 13 Regulation 14 Regulation 15 Regulation 16 Regulation 21 Third Schedule Amendment Delete the words "Certificate of Export or a Certicate of Approval, as the case may be" and substitute therefor the words "Certificate of Approval". Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Repeal. Delete the words "Every Certificate of Export and every" and substitute therefor the word "Every". Delete Form B and Form C. Passed in the House of Representatives this 10th day of October, 2017. PEARNEL P. CHARLES, CD, MP, JP Speaker Passed in the Senate this 20th day of October, 2017. THOMAS TAVARES-PINSON, CD, QC, JP President. This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the authenticated impression of the foregoing Act, and has been found by me to be a true and correct printed copy of the said Act. Clerk to the Houses of Parliament.