Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances (Food Labelling, Additives and Standards) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 (L.N. 105 of 2010)

2nd July, 2010 LEGAL NOTICE No. 105 THE FOOD, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES ACT (Cap. 254) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 28 of the Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act, the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation makes the following Regulations: — THE FOOD, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES (FOOD LABELLING, ADDITIVES AND STANDARDS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2010 1. This Order may be cited as the Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances (Food Labelling, Additives and Standards) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010. 2. The Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances (Food Labelling, Additives and Standards) Regulations, in these Regulations referred as the “principal Regulations”, are amended in regulations 240— (a) by inserting the following new sub-regulation immediately after sub-regulation (9)— “(10) Water-based flavoured drinks shall be drinks such as “sport, energy or electrolyte” drinks and particulated drinks and shall include carbonated and non carbonated varieties and concentrates, products based on fruit and vegetables juices, coffee, tea and herbal based drinks and shall conform to the following— (a) any presentation by use of pictorials including fruit pictorials or words such as “contains fruit juice” on the label of a water-based flavoured drink shall contain not less than 5 per cent but not more than 10 per cent of the fruit juice; (b) no water-based flavoured drink shall contain a declaration such as “Health Drink”. Dated the 23rd June, 2010. BETH MUGO, Minister For Public Health and Sanitation.