Food (Preservatives) Regulation, 2019

w;s úfYI wxl 2113$16 - 2019 ud¾;= ui 05 jeks wÕyrejdod - 2019'03'05 No. 2113/16 - TUESDAY MARCH 05, 2019 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 Notifications This Gazette Extraordinary can be downloaded from www.documents.gov.lk L.D.B 11/80 [6] FOOD ACT, No. 26 OF 1980 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, in terms of Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 in consultation with the Food Advisory Committee. DR. RAJITHA SENARATHNE, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine. Colombo, 12th February, 2019. Regulations 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Preservatives) Regulation, 2019, and shall come into operation from 01.01.2020. 2. No person shall manufacture, import, store, transport, sell, offer for sale, distribute, use or advertise (a) any food preservative other than the preservatives specified in Schedule I hereto ; (b) any food which has in or upon it any preservative, other than those specified in Schedule II hereto. 1A - PG 4409 —2517 (03/2019) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 2A 3. Any food specified in Column I of Schedule II (hereinafter referred to as a “specified food”) may have in or upon it, a preservative of the description specified in the corresponding entry of Column II therof (hereinafter referred to as a “permitted preservative”) and the use of such preservative shall be in compliance with the proportions set out in the corresponding entry of Column III thereof. 4. Any specified food may have in or upon it, a mixture of two or more preservatives specified in Schedule II hereto, only if the sum total of the preservatives does not exceed one hundred percentage when the quantity of each of such preservative present in such food is expressed as a percentage of the maximum quantity of that preservative appropriate to the food as specified in that Schedule. 5. Any compounded food may contain any permitted preservative (a) introduced in the process of preparing such food using one or more specified foods, if the permitted preservative : (i) is present in any specified food used in the compounded food ; and (ii) is present in the specified food used, in no greater proportion than the proportion specified in relation to the proportion specified in Column III of Schedule II. (b) if the compounded food is a specified food and does not contain any permitted preservatives in any greater proportion than is specified in Column III thereto. 6. No person shall manufacture, import, store, transport, sell, offer for sale, distribute, use or advertise any permitted preservative (including any permitted preservative mixed with any other substance) for use as an ingredient in the preparation of food (a) unless such preservative conforms to the standards of purity prescribed by the standards prescribed by the Combine Compendium of Food Additives Monographs by JECFA of the Food an Agricultural Organization (FAO) (b) except in a container bearing a label in accordance with the requirements contained in paragraphs (1) and (2) of Schdeule III hereto. 7. All proporations mentioned in these regulations are proportions calculated by the weight of the product unless a contrary intention is expressed. 8. The label on every container or package of food, to which a permitted preservative as specified in these regulations has been added, shall have a declaration as set out in the Food (Labelling and Advertising) Regulation 2005 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 1376/9 of January 19, 2005 as amended from time to time or replaced. 9. The Food (Preservatives) Regulations 1989 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 615/11 of 19th June 1990 are hereby rescinded. 10. In these Regulations “Preservative” means a food additive, which prolongs the shelf-life of a food by protecting against deterioration caused by microorganisms. “Compounded food” means food containing two or more ingredients. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 3A SCHEDULE I Permitted Preservatives Column I Column II Permitted Preservative International Alternative form in which the International Numbering permitted preservative may be used Numbering System System (to be calculated INS No. INS No. as the permitted preservative shown in Column I) 1. Sorbic acid 200 Sodium sorbate 201 Potassium sorbate 202 Calcium sorbate 203 2. Benzoic acid 210 Sodium benzoate 211 Potassium benzoate 212 Calcium benzoate 213 3. Sulphur dioxide 220 Sodium sulphite 221 Sodium hydrogen sulphite 222 Sodium metabisulphite 223 Potassium metabisulphite 224 Potassium sulphite 225 Potassium hydrogen sulphite 228 Calcium sulphite 226 Calcium hydrogen sulphite 227 4. Orthophenylphenol 231 Sodium orthophenylphenate 232 5. Nisin 234 6. Potassium nitrite 249 7. Sodium nitrite 250 8. Propionic acid 280 Sodium propionate 281 Calcium propionate 282 Potassium propionate 283 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 4A SCHEDULE II Articles of Food which may contain permitted preservatives in Column I and Column II & Schedule I and the nature and quantity of permitted preservative in each case Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) 1.0 Dairy Products (a) Dairy based drinks, flavoured Sorbates or 1000* and/or fermented (e. g. chocolate Propionates GMP milk cocoa, drinking yoghurt, whey-based drinks) [*for use in flavoured products heat treated after fermentation only] (b) Cheese, prepacked, sliced Sorbates 1000 (c) Cheese, ripened Sorbates or 3000 Cheese, processed Nisin or 12 Cheese spread and Propionates GMP Cheese paste (d) Desserts, diary based non Sorbates or 300* heat treated (e. g. flavoured Sulphites or 50** yoghurt) (*curd, fruit, flavoured, Nisin or 12 jelly yoghurt and yoghurt with Propionates GMP “x” only) (** for fruit yoghurt only) (e) Renneted milk (plain) Sorbates 1000 (f) Beverage whiteners Sorbates 200 (g) Clotted cream (plain) Nisin or 10 Propionates GMP (h) Unrippened cheese Sorbates or 1000 Propionates GMP (i) Cheese powder (for Propionates GMP reconstitution) (j) Whey cheese Sorbates 1000 (k) Whey protein cheese Sorbates or 3000 Nisin or 12 Propionates 3000 (l) Liquid whey and whey products Propionates GMP I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 5A 2.0 Fat emulsions mainly of type water-in-all (a) Fat spreads, dairy fat spreads Sorbates 2000 and blended fat spreads (b) Vegetables and nut purees & Sorbates or 1000* spreads (e. g. peanut butter) (*for Sulphites or 300 use in energy reduced products Propionates GMP only) 3.0 Fruits, vegetables and artificially flavoured drinks 3.1 Fruits and fruit products (a) Surface treated fresh fruits Sulphites or 30 Orthophenyl phenol or 12 Sodium orthophenol phenate 12 (b) Dried Fruits Sorbates or 500 Sulphites or 1000 Propionates GMP (c) Frozen fruit Sulphites or 500 Propionates GMP (d) Candied, crystallized or glaced Sorbates or 500 fruits and citrus peel Sulphites or 100 Propionates GMP (e) Fruits in vinegar, oil or brine Sorbates or 1000 Sulphites or 100 Propionates GMP (f) Fruit based spreads Sorbates or 300 e. g. chutney Propionates GMP (g) Fruit preparations, including Sorbates or 1000 pulp, puree, fruit topping and Sulphites or 100 coconut milk Propionates GMP (h) Jams, Jellies, marmalades Sorbates or 300 Sulphites (as residual S02) or 100 Propionates GMP (i) Jams, Jellies and marmalades, Sorbates or 500 low in sugar or sugar free Sulphites (as residual S02) or 100 Propionates GMP Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 6A (j) Fruit-based desserts, Sorbates or 300 including fruit-flavoured Sulsphites or 50 water-based desserts and jelly Propionates GMP cups (k) Fermented fruit products Sorbates or 1000 Sulphites or 100 Propionates GMP (l) Fruit filling for pastries Sorbates or 1000 Sulphites or 100 Propionates GMP (m) Fruit juices Sorbates or 300 Sulphites 50 (n) Fruit juice concentrates (as Sorbates or 300 served to consumer) Sulphites 50 (o) Fruit nectar Sorbates or 300 (as served to consumer) Sulphites 50 (p) Concentrates for fruit nectar Sorbates or 300 (as served to consumer) Sulphites 50 (q) Fruit cordials and squashes Sorbates or 1500 containing not less than 25% Sulphites 250 fruit juice except 15% for “nelli”, ginger and lime and not less than 40% m/m total soluble solids, for consumption after dilution. (r) Fruit squach concentrates Sorbates or 3000 containing not less than 50% Sulphites 500 m/m fruit juice except 30% for “nelli”, ginger and lime and not less than 62% m/m total soluble solids, for consumption after dilution. (s) Fruit drinks for consumption Sorbates or 300 without dilution containing not Sulphites 50 less than 5% m/m fruit juice and not more than 16% total soluble solids Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 7A (t) Concentrated fruit juice Sulphites 1500 for industrial use 3.2 Water based flavoured drinks (a) Artificially flavoured Sorbates or 1500 cordials, containing not less Sulphites or 250 than 25% sugar (calculated as Propionates GMP sucrose) for consumption after dilution (b) Artificial flavoured drinks Sorbates or 300 ready for consumption without Sulphites or 50 dilution, containing not less Propionates GMP than 5% sugar (calculated as sucrose) (c) Water based flavoured drinks, Sorbates or 300 carbonated Benzoates or 120 Sulphites or 50 Propionates GMP (d) Artificially flavoured syrup Sorbates or 1500 concentrates Benzoates or 600 Sulphites or 250 Propionates GMP 3.3 Vegetable products (including mushrooms, roots, tubers, pulses, legumes and nuts) (a) Peeled, cut or shreded fresh Sulpites 50* vegetables, (*for use in potatoes only) (b) Frozen vegetables (*for Sulphites 50* use in potatoes only) (c) Dried/Dehydrated Sulphites or 500 Vegetables Propionates GMP (d) Vegetables in vinegar, oil Sorbates or 1000 brine or soy sauce Sulphites or 100 Propionates GMP (e) Vegetables pulps and Sorbates or 1000 preparations (e. g. vegetables Sulpites or 300* desserts and sauces, candied Propionates GMP vegetabels) (*for use in potatoes only) Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 8A (f) Vegetables, fermented except Sorbates or 1000 fermented soybean products Sulphites 500 (g) Vegetables juices Sulphites 50 (h) Vegetables juices Concentrates Sulphites 50 (as served to consumer) (i) Vegetable nectar Sulphites 50 (as served to consumer) (j) Concentrates for vegetables Sulphites 50 nectar (as served to consumer) (k) Vegetables juice for industrial Sulphites 1000 use (l) Concentrated vegetables juice Sulphites 1500 for industrial use (m) Pickles Sorbates or 1000 Sulphites 100 (n) Desiccated coconut and Sulphites 50 coconut paste 4.0 Carbohydrates, cereals and their products 4.1 Carbohydrates (a) Starches (excluding starches Sorbates or 1000 for weaning foods, follow on Sulphites 50 formula and infant formula) (b) Flours Sulphites 200 (c) White sugars, fructose, Sulphites 15 glucose, icing sugar, powdered dextrose (d) Plantation and mill white Sulphite 70 sugar (e) Brown sugar Sulphites 40 (f) Sugar solutions and syrups, Sulphites 70 also (partially) inverted sugars including treacle and molasses Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 9A (g) Other sugars and syrups (e. g. Sulphites 40 xylose, maple syrup, sugar topping) (h) Glucose syrup and dried Sulphites 20 glucose syrup (i) Glucose syrup for Sulphites 400 manufacturing purpose (j) Dried Glucose syrup for Sulphites 150 manufacturing purpose 4.2 Cereals and cereal products (a) Cereal and starch based desserts Sorbates, or 300 Nisin or 3 Propionates GMP (b) Bread and other bakery products Propionates GMP (c) Biscuits and crackers excluding Sorbates or 1000 sweet crackers Propionates GMP (d) Cakes, cookies, pies, doughnuts Sorbates or 300 and related products Propionates GMP 4.3 Confectionery (a) Confectionery, glucose syrup Sulphites or 50 base Propionates GMP (b) Chewing gum and bubble gum Sorbates or 1000 Propionates GMP 5.0 Egg, fish, poultry, meat and their products 5.1 Egg, fish and their products (a) Dried and/or heat-coagulated Sorbates or 1000 egg product Propionates GMP (b) Crustacean, mollusks and Sulphites 100 Echinoderm, fresh (c) Mollusks, crustaceans and Sulpites 100 echinoderms, frozen Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 10A 5.2 Poultry and meat and their products (a) Ham and bacon Nitrites 80 (b) Meat and poultry products, Nitrites 80 heat treated, processed, comminuted including meat balls, sauage, burger, chicken roll, luncheon meat (c) Canned corned meat Nitrites 80 6.0 Sauces, soups and miscellaneous items 6.1 Sauces and like products (a) Emulsified sauces (e. g. salad Sorbates or 1000 dressings, mayonnaise) Sulphites or 300 Propionates GMP (b) Non emulsifed sauces Sorbates or 1000 (e. g. ketchup cheese sauce, Sulphites or 300 cream sauce, brown gravy) Propionates GMP mixes for sauces and gravies and clear sauces (e. g. fish sauce) (c) Sandwich spreads, excluding Sorbates or 300 cocoa based spreads and Propionates GMP vegetable and nut spreads 6.2 Soups Soup Mixes Sorbates or 300 Propionates GMP 6.3 Miscellaneous (a) Herbs and spices Sulphites 150 (b) Dietetic foods intended Sorbates or 1500 for special medical Propionates GMP purposes (c) Dietetic formulae for Sorbates or 1500 slimming purposes and Propionates GMP weight reduction Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2019'03'05 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 05.03.2019 11A (d) Dietetic foods (e. g. Sorbates or 1500 supplementary foods for Propionates GMP dietary use) except foods for infants and young children (e) Food supplements Sorbates or 2000 Propionates GMP (f) Soyabean products, Sorbates or 1000 (e. g. tofu soya sauce) Propionates GMP (g) Spice pastes Sorbates or 300 Sulphites 100 (h) Snacks and bites - potato, Sorbate or 1000 cereal, flour or starch based Sulphites or 50 (from roots and tubers, Propionates GMP pulse and legumes) (i) Processed nuts, including Propionates GMP coated nuts and nut mixtures (with e. g. dried fruit) (j) Snacks meat and fish Propionates GMP based SCHEDULE III 1. Each container of package to which regulaiton 3 applies shall bear a label indicating a statement (a) of each permitted preservative, the common name and INS number ; (b) where more than one substance is present, the common Games and INS numbers ; (c) where a permitted preservative is admixed with a diluent the proportions of the diluent and the preservative present, in the diluted preparation. 2. Any statement required to be printed/attached in terms of paragraph 1 (a) shall be clear and legible ; (b) shall be in a conspicuous position on the label which shall be securely attached/printed to the container or package in such a manner that the statement shall be easily read and understood by a prospective buyer ; (c) shall not be in any way hidden or obscured by any other matter. 03 - 934 Column I Column II Column III Specified Food Permitted Preservatives Maximum Permitted Level (milligram per kilogram) (mg/kg) PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.