Food (Colour Coding for sugar levels - liquid) Regulations, 2022

w;s úfYI wxl 2319$42 - 2023 fmnrjdß ui 14 jeks w`.yrejdod - 2023'02'14 No. 2319/42 - , FBRR 14, 2023 EXTRAORDINARY Y%S ,xld m%cd;dka;%sl iudcjd§ ckrcfha .eiÜ m;%h The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Published by Authority) PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifcations 1- PG 6223 - 4506 (02/2023) This Gazette Extraordinary can be downloaded from www.documents.gov.lk L..B. 11/80 (29) FOOD ACT, No. 26 OF 1980 RGLIONmade by the Minister of Health under ection 32 of the Foodct, No. 26 of 1980, in consultation with the Fooddvisory Committee. Keheliya RambuKwella, Minister of Health. Colombo, 27th January, 2023. Regulations 1. hese Regulations may be cited as the Food (Colour Coding for sugar levels - liquid) Regulations 2022 and shall come into operation on January 1, 2024. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'02'14 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 14.02.2023 2 2. (1)ny liquid food which is in a ready to drink form and which contains sugar shall be labeled in the manner as specied in these regulations. (2) Where (a) any liquid food has to be prepared or reconstituted without changing its liquid form before consumption in accordance with the directions specied in the label o the container o such ood ; or (b) any solid or semi solid food has to be prepared or reconstituted and brought to liquid form before consumption in accordance with the directions specied in the label o the container o such ood; and such liquid or solid or semi solid food upon being so prepared or reconstituted contains sugar, the container of such food shall be labeled in the manner as specied in these regulations. (3)Where any food refers to in this regulation is a pre-packaged imported product, a supplementary label may be axed on the container or the package o such ood and such label shall contain the logos as specied in these regulations. 3. (1) Where any ood reerred to in these regulations contains any amount o sugar specied in Column I o the chedule hereto, the label of such container or the package which contains such food shall have the corresponding logo (hereinater reerred to as “the logo”) specied in Column III o the Schedule hereto in the corresponding colour specied in Column II of the chedule hereto. (2) The logo specied in sub-regulation (1) o this regulation shall be prepared, designed and displayed in accordance with the following : (a) the height o the logo shall not be less than 2cm and the width o the logo shall not be less than 1cm ; (b) (i) a description of the “sugar” content in such food shall be as specifed in Column III of the chedule hereto and shall be displayed within the logo in inhala, amil and nglish languages respectively in bold white and shall be o minimum 2 mm ont size ; (ii) a numeric description o the sugar content in such ood shall be within a white box as shown in Column III of the chedule hereto and shall be of minimum 1.5 mm font size in bold black. 4.he logo shall be displayed in the main panel of the label of the container or the package which contains such food. 5. Where any food referred to in these regulations contains in glass bottles, which are in circulation at the time of coming into operation of these regulations, the logo shall be displayed on the crown or closure of such glass bottle until May 1, 2024. 6. he provisions of these regulations shall not apply to : (a) any food referred to in these regulations which contains inherent sugar or added sugar in an amount less than 0.5g/100 ml; (b) bottled or packaged drinking water or natural mineral water ; (c) any standardizedmilk, semi skimmedmilk, low fat milk, skimmedmilk, non fat milk or tonedmilk which has been subjected to pasteurization or sterilization or Ultra Heat Treatment (UHT) ; (d) spices and spice mixes, ood additives, favouring substances, black tea, green tea, groud coee, single ingredient herbal infusion, Bee honey, treacle and 100% glucose ; (e) inant ormulae (starter), ollow - up ormulae ; I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'02'14 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 14.02.2023 3 (f) and food for special dietary uses or where the label predominantly displays that it is to be used under medical guidance or on the recommendation o a Medical Practitioner ; (g) products packaged solely or export purpose ; (h) bulk packs, where the retail packs contained therein complies with these regulations ; or (i) any food referred to in these regulations manufactured before the date on which these regulations come into operation. 7. Food (Colour Coding for ugar levels) Regulations 2016 published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 1965/18 of May 3, 2016 are hereby rescinded without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder. 8. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires “amber” means R255, G195 and B9 in Red, Green, Blue colour system (RGB) or equivalent ; “green” means G195 in Red, Green, Blue colour system (RGB) or equivalent ; “main panel” means the part o the label which is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under customary conditions o display or retail sale ; “red” means R230 in Red, Green, Blue colour system (RGB) or equivalent ; and “sugar” means total sugar contained in food, in the form of monosaccharides and disaccharides. PRiNTeDaT The DePaRTmeNT OF GOVeRNmeNT PRiNTiNG, SRi laNKa. OG 02- 0152 CHL (Regulation 3) Column I Sugar content Column II Colour Column III Logo more than 8.0g/100 ml Red 2.5g to 8.0g/100 ml Amber Less than 2.5g/100 ml Green