Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation, 2011

Section 1 Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2011 L.N. 173 of 2011 B5059 L.N. 173 of 2011 Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2011 (Made by the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene under section 55(1) of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132)) 1. Commencement This Regulation comes into operation on 1 March 2012. 2. Harmful Substances in Food Regulations amended The Harmful Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 132 sub. leg. AF) are amended as set out in sections 3 to 5. 3. Regulation 2 amended (interpretation) (1) Regulation 2, English text, definition of sell— Repeal the full stop Substitute a semicolon. (2) Regulation 2— Add in alphabetical order “condensed milk (煉奶) means milk which has been condensed by the evaporation of a portion of its water content, whether or not sugar has been added, and includes— (a) any such milk made from skimmed milk or partly skimmed milk; and (b) evaporated milk; Section 4 Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2011 L.N. 173 of 2011 B5061 dried milk (奶粉) means milk which has been concentrated in the form of solid or powder by removal of water, whether or not it has been sweetened, modified or compounded, and includes any such milk made from skimmed milk or partly skimmed milk; reconstituted milk (再造奶) means products resulting from the recombining with water of milk constituents, namely, milk fat and other solids derived from milk exclusive of any other substance, and includes the products resulting from the melting of frozen concentrated milk; skimmed milk (脫脂奶) includes separated milk and machine skimmed milk.”. 4. Regulation 3 amended (prohibition of import and sale of food containing certain substances in excessive concentrations) Regulation 3, English text— Repeal “No person shall” Substitute “A person must not”. 5. Regulation 3A amended (prohibition of import and sale of fish, meat or milk containing prohibited substances) (1) Regulation 3A, heading— Repeal “milk” Substitute “milk etc.”. (2) Regulation 3A, English text— Repeal Section 5 Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2011 L.N. 173 of 2011 B5063 “No person shall” Substitute “A person must not”. (3) Regulation 3A— Repeal “meat or milk” Substitute “meat, milk, dried milk, condensed milk or reconstituted milk”. LEUNG Cheuk-man Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene 5 December 2011 Harmful Substances in Food (Amendment) Regulation 2011 L.N. 173 of 2011 B5065 Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 Explanatory Note The purpose of this Regulation is to amend the Harmful Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 132 sub. leg. AF) to extend the prohibition of the presence of certain substances in food to dried milk, condensed milk and reconstituted milk.