Food (Adoption of Standards) Regulations 2008

I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2009'02'20 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 20.02.2009 1A w;s úfYI wxl 1589$34 - 2009 fmnrjdß 20 jeks isl=rdod - 2009'02'20 No. 1589/34 - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 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 1A L.D.B. 11/80. FOOD ACT, No. 26 OF 1980 REGULATIONS made by the Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition in consultation with the Food Advisory Committee, in terms of Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980. NIMAL SIRIPALA DE SILVA, Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition. . Colombo, 20th February, 2009. Regulations 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Adoption of Standards) Regulations 2008. 2. The items specified in Column I of the Schedule to these regulations and the SLS number allocated to such item by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution established under the Sri Lanka Standards Institution Act, No. 6 of 1984 and specified in Column II of that Schedule, shall be deemed to be the standards applicable for the assessment of the quality of food items under the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980, in the absence of any standards being specified for such item under the said Act : Provided, that where any standards and Regulations have been specified under the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 prior to the publication of this regulation in the Gazette, such standards shall prevail in respect of the specific food items. The standards specified in the Schedule hereto shall thereupon have no applicability in respect of the specified food item : Provided further, that in the event of a regulation being made under the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 specifying standards for any food item after the publishing of these regulations, such standards shall be applicable to the specified food items and the standards specified in the Schedule hereto shall cease to operate in respect of such food items. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2009'02'20 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 20.02.2009 2A SCHEDULE REGULATION 2 No. Food Item SLS/CS Number 01. Quick frozen prawns or shrimps SLS 10 02. Coconut oil SLS 32 03. Salt, Edible common (ordinary, washed and iodized) SLS 79 04. Salt, free flowing table CS 80 05. Cinnamon products SLS 81 06. Coconut, desiccated SLS 98 07. Pepper, whole black pepper and white pepper SLS 105 08. Cocoa beans SLS 106 09. Nutmeg and mace SLS 113 10. Chillies, ground SLS 117 11. Curry powder SLS 134 12. Black Tea SLS 135 13. White bread SLS 141 14. Wheat flour SLS 144 15. Cocoa powder and cocoa-sugar mixtures SLS 148 16. Cardamoms SLS 166 17. Vinegar, coconut SLS 168 18. Sweetened full cream condensed milk SLS 179 19. Milk, raw and processed SLS 181 20. Carbonated beverages SLS 183 21. Quick frozen lobsters SLS 188 22. Sugar, white SLS 191 23. Fruit squashes, fruit syrups and fruit cordials SLS 214 24. Synthetic artificial cordials SLS 221 25. Ice cream SLS 223 26. Baking powder SLS 230 27. Sesame oil (sesame oil/gingelly oil) SLS 231 28. Coriander powder SLS 232 29. Beer and stout SLS 234 30. Cloves SLS 241 31. Cashew nuts SLS 245 32. Coriander, whole SLS 246 33. Biscuits SLS 251 34. Coffee, ground SLS 258 35. Tomato sauce SLS 260 36. Jams, jellies, marmalades and preserves SLS 265 37. Pineapple, Canned SLS 266 38. Fruit juices and Nectars SLS 1328 39. Margarine SLS 277 40. Butter SLS 279 41. Papadam SLS 280 42. Soya bean oil SLS 293 43. Seame seeds (gingelly seeds) SLS 386 44. Cocoa butter SLS 299 45. Chocolate SLS 326 46. Ghee (butter oil) SLS 340 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2009'02'20 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 20.02.2009 3A 47. Bacon SLS 342 48. Tomato juice, Canned SLS 390 49. Pickles SLS 399 50. Tea Pure instant SLS 401 51. Cashew kernels SLS 405 52. Red lentil SLS 896 53. Malted foods SLS 897 54. Textured Soya Protein SLS 898 55. Maize (corn) oil SLS 905 56. Rice flour SLS 913 57. Benzoic acid, Potassium benzoate and Sodium benzoate (food grade) SLS 915 58. Milk added drinks SLS 917 59. Cake SLS 1074 60. Kurakkan flour SLS 928 61. Sodium bicarbonate, baking soda (Food grade) SLS 929 62. Brilliant blue FCF-Food colouring matter SLS 940 63. Indigo carmine-Food colouring matter SLS 941 64. Green S-Food colouring matter - SLS 942 65. Tomato concentrates SLS 945 66. Sunflower seed oil SLS 946 67. Groundnut oil (Peanut oil) SLS 947 68. Wafers SLS 1313 69. Custard powder SLS 958 70. Chicken eggs SLS 959 71. Palm stearin SLS 960 72. Palm olein SLS 961 73. Corn flour SLS 964 74. Green FCF - Food colouring matter SLS 966 75. Frozen confection and freeze drinks SLS 967 76. Ice for use in food processing and catering industries SLS 971 77. Mushrooms Canned SLS 997 78. Jackfruit (ripe) Canned SLS 998 79. Soya flour SLS 1011 80. Soya sauce SLS 1035 81. Food supplement for infants and children, cereal based SLS 1036 82. Water, bottled natural mineral SLS 1038 83. Weaning foods, Canned SLS 1039 84. Drinking Water, bottled SLS 894 85. Bakery fats SLS 1102 86. Fish Curry, Canned SLS 1106 87. Quick frozen whole fish, fish fillets, steaks and minced fish SLS 1141 88. Ham SLS 1146 89. Poultry meat, frozen SLS 1161 90. Extruded Snacks Ready to eat SLS 1162 91. Rice flakes SLS 1179 92. Baker’s yeast SLS 1188 SCHEDULE (Contd.,) REGULATION 2 No. Food Item SLS/CS Number I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2009'02'20 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 20.02.2009 4A 93. Table potatoes SLS 1217 94. Meat products, comminuted SLS 1218 95. Onions (big onions) SLS 1224 96. Red onions SLS 1226 97. Bananas, fresh SLS 1227 98. Tomatoes, fresh SLS 1228 99. Pineapples SLS 1229 100. Chewing gum and bubble gum SLS 1265 101. Coconut, Milk Powder SLS 1309 102. Yogurt SLS 824 Pt. -2 103. Lozenges SLS 585 Pt. -2 104. Hard boiled sugar confectionary SLS 585 Pt. -3 105. Gelatine based products SLS 585 Pt. -4 106. Pectin based products SLS 585 Pt. -5 107. Water, potable SLS 614 Pt1 and 2 108. Pasta products SLS 420 109. Mustard seeds SLS 434 110. Carmoisine-Food colouring matter SLS 437 111. Ponceau 4R-Food colouring matter SLS 439 112. Mango chutney SLS 446 113. Bees honey SLS 464 114. Jaggery SLS 521 115. Mangoes, Canned SLS 536 116. Fast Red E - Food colouring matter SLS 565 117. Chillie sauce SLS 581 118. Toffees SLS 585- Pt 1 119. Canned fish SLS 591 120. Sunset yellow FCF - Food colouring matter SLS 593 121. Erythrosine BS-Food colouring matter SLS 594 122. Copra SLS 612 123. Turmeric powder SLS 613 124. Glucose SLS 617 125. Vinegar, artificial SLS 625 126. Paddy SLS 632 127. Rice, Milled SLS 633 128. Fish Dried SLS 643 129. Tartrazine-Food colouring matter - food grade SLS 649 130. Infant formula (milk based) SLS 651 131. Cow pea, whole SLS 662 132. Green gram, whole SLS 663 133. Soft drink powder mixes SLS 668 134. Soya bean, whole SLS 669 135. Coffee, green SLS 697 136. Palm oil SLS 720 137. Fruit drinks Ready-to-serve SLS 729 138. Fruit cordial concentrates, fruit squash concentrates and fruit syrup concentrates SLS 730 SCHEDULE (Contd.) No. Food Item SLS/CS Number I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2009'02'20 PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 20.02.2009 5A SCHEDULE (Contd.) No. Food Item SLS/CS Number 139. Milk powder SLS 731 140. Buns SLS 737 141. Groundnut, unshelled SLS 739 142. Treacle SLS 772 143. Cheese SLS 773 144. Cuttlefish and squid, Quick frozen SLS 790 145. Groundnut kernels SLS 793 146. Black gram, whole SLS 794 147. Maldive fish SLS 811 148. Curd SLS 824-Pt - 1 149. Gelatine (food grade) SLS 845 150. Maize (corn) SLS 851 151. Chillies, Dried whole SLS 853 152. Rice noodles SLS 858 153. Potassium metabisulfite (food grade) SLS 860 154. Sodium bisulfite and Sodium metabisulfite (food grade) SLS 861 155. Palm kernel oil SLS 862 156. Sugar, brown SLS 883 157. Semolina (Farina) SLS 884 158. Jelly crystals SLS 885 10-03 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA.