Food (Iodization of Salt) Regulations, 2023

w;s úfYI wxl 2332$03 - 2023 uehs ui 15 jeks i÷od - 2023'05'15 No. 2332/03 - moNday, may 15, 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 Notifications 1a- PG 6321 - 4506 (05/2023) This Gazette Extraordinary can be downloaded from www.documents.gov.lk L.d.B - 11/80(32). fOOD ACT, No. 26 Of 1980 reGuLatioNS made by the minister of Health in consultation with the Food advisory Committee under Section 32 of the Food act, No. 26 of 1980. minister of Health. Colombo, 28th april, 2023. Regulations 1. these regulations may be cited as the Food (iodization of Salt) regulations 2023 and shall come in to operation with effect from 01st January, 2024. 2. No person shall manufacture, import, store for sale, sell, offer for sale, expose or keep for sale, transport or distribute any type of food grade salt other than iodized food grade salt for purposes of human consumption, including salt used as an ingredient of food and for manufacturing of food, except in accordance with the provisions of these regulations. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 2a Part i NON - IODIzED fOOD GRADE SALT 3. (1) every person who (a) manufactures and stores non - iodized food grade salt in salterns and transports non - iodized food grade salt from salterns; (b) sells non - iodized food grade salt in small containers, not exceeding hundred grams (100g) per container, in pharmacies registered under Section 119 of the National medicines regulatory authority act, No. 5 of 2015 and on a prescription issued by a medical practitioner; and (c) imports, transports, stores or uses any non - iodized food grade salt or common salt for industrial purposes; Shall obtain a certificate of registration issued by the Director, on an application made in that behalf. (2) An application for the certificate of registration referred to in subregulation (1) shall be (a) made substantially in the Form set out in the Schedule i hereto; and (b) accompanied with all relevant documents as may be specified for that purpose by the Director. (3) (a) The Director may issue a certificate of registration in accordance with subregulation (4). (b) Where the director refuses the registration, such refusal shall be communicated to the applicant with reasons assigned therefore within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application. (4) The certificate of registration (a) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subregulation (1), shall substantially be in the format set out in the Schedule ii; (b) for the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c) of subregulation (1), shall substantially be in the format set out in the Schedule iii hereto; and (c) shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issue of such certificate, unless it is revoked or cancelled earlier and subject to such conditions as specified therein. (5) An application for renewal of the certificate of registration referred to in subregulation (1) shall be (a) made ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the current certificate of registration in the same Form set out in the Schedule i hereto; and (b) accompanied by the documents as may be specified for that purpose by the Director. (6) Renewal of the certiticate of registration shall be made by an endorsement on the certificate of registation by the director. 4. Non-iodized food grade salt shall be (a) in white or off-white colour and free from visible impurities such as clay, grit, shells and other extraneous matters; and I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 3a (b) either in granular or powdered form: Provided however, the powdered form may contain Silicon dioxide (iNS 551) or any other anti - caking agent approved in writing by the Chief Food authority (hereinafter referred to as the “CFa”) on the recommendation of the Food advisory Committee. 5. Non-iodized food grade salt shall not contain more than (a) 0.5 milligrams per kilogram (0.5 mg/kg) arsenic (as); (b) 0.5 milligrams per kilogram (0.5 mg/kg) Cadmium (Cd); (c) two milligrams per kilogram (2.0 mg/kg) Lead (Pb); and (d) 0.1 milligrams per kilogram (0.1 mg/kg) mercury (Hg). 6. Non-iodized food grade salt in powdered form shall (a) not contain more than (i) 0.5 per centum (0.5%) m/m moisture; (ii) 0.5 per centum (0.5%) m/m matter insoluble in water, on dry basis; (b) contain not less than ninety-eight per centum (98%) m/m Sodium chloride (NaCi) on dry basis; and (c) be where a minimum of ninety-five per centum (95%) m/m is capable of passing through a sieve with an aperture of one millimeter (1.0 mm) {B.S. 16}. 7. Non-iodized food grade salt in granular form shall (a) not contain more than (i) six per centum (6.0%) m/m moisture; and (ii) one per centum (1.0%) m/m matter insoluble in water, on dry basis; (b) contain not less than ninety-seven per centum (97%) m/m Sodium chloride (NaCi) on dry basis; Part ii IODIzED fOOD GRADE SALT 8. (1) No person shall manufacture, import, store, package or transport iodized food grade salt without a certificate of registration issued by the director, on an application made on that behalf. (2) An application for a certificate of registration referred to in subregulation (1) shall be (a) made substantially in the Form set out in the Schedule iV hereto; and (b) accompanied by the documents as may be specified for that purpose by the Director; (3) (a) The Director may issue a certificate of registration in accordance with subregulation (4). I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 4a (b) Where the director refuses the registration, such refusal shall be communicated to the applicant with reasons assigned thetefore within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application. (4) The certificate of registration issued by the Director, shall be (a) substantially in the Format set out in the Schedule V hereto; and (b) valid for a period of one year from the date of issue of such certificate, unless it is revoked or cancelled earlier and subject to such conditions as specified therein. (5) An application for renewal of the certificate of registration shall be (a) made ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the current certificate of registration in the same Form set out in the Schedule iV hereto; and (b) accompanied by the documents as may be specified for that purpose by the Director. (6) Renewal of the certificate of registration shall be made by an endorsement on the certificate of registration by the director. 9. The holder of the certificate of registration shall display conspicuously the registration number and his name and address (a) at all places where such activities are permitted; and (b) on the main panels of labels of all products. 10. lodized food grade salt shall contain food grade Potassium iodate thereto, complies with the requirements specified in the Schedule Vi hereto: Provided however, the CFa on the recommendation of the Food advisory Committee may allow to add other fortificants in recommended quantities which are deemed to be of public health importance. The powdered form of iodized food grade salt may contain Silicon dioxide (iNS 551) or any other anti-caking agent approved by the CFa on the recommendation of the Food advisory Committee. 11. iodized food grade salt shall not contain more than (a) 0.5 milligrams per kilogram (0.5 mg/kg) arsenic (as); (b) 0.5 milligrams per kilogram (0.5 mg/kg) Cadmium (Cd); (c) two milligrams per kilogram (2.0 mg/kg) Lead (Pb); (d) 0.1 milligrams per kilogram (0.1 mg/kg) mercury (Hg). 12. iodized food grade salt in powdered form shall (a) not contain more than (i) 0.5 per centum (0.5%) m/m moisture; and (ii) 0.5 per centum (0.5%) m/m matter insoluble in water, on dry basis; I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 5a (b) contain not less than ninety-eight per centum (98%) m/m Sodium chloride (NaCi) on dry basis; (c) be where a minimum of ninety-five per centum (95%) m/m is capable of passing through a sieve with an aperture of one millimeter (1 mm) {B.S. 16}; (d) not contain more than one per centum (1.0%) m/m matter soluble in water other than Sodium chloride (NaCi) on dry basis; and (e) contain, on dry basis, not less than fifteen milligrams per kilogram (15mg/kg) Iodine (I) at retail level and not more than thirty-five milligrams per kilogram (35mg/kg) Iodine (I) at manufacturing or importing levels. 13. iodized food grade salt in granular form shall (a) not contain more than (i) six per centum (6.0%) m/m moisture; (ii) 0.5 per centum (0.5%) m/m matter insoluble in water, on dry basis; and (iii) two per centum (2.0%) m/m matter soluble in water other than Sodium chloride (NaC1) on dry basis; (b) contain not less than ninety-seven per centum (97%) m/m Sodium chloride (NaCi) on dry basis; (c) contain, on dry basis, not less than fifteen milligrams per kilogram (15 mg/kg) Iodine (I) at retail level and not more than thirty-five milligrams per kilogram (35 mg/kg) Iodine (I) at manufacturing or importing levels; and (d) be where a minimum of eighty per centum (80%) (m/m) is capable of passing through a sieve with an aperture of 4.75 millimeters (4.75mm) {B.S.4} and ninety-five per centum (95%) (m/m) shall retain when passing through a sieve with an aperture of one millimeter (1 mm) {B.S.16}. Part iii General 14. Food grade salt (iodized and Non-iodized) shall be packed in transparent food grade air tight packages or containers and when the packing material is in polythene, the thickness of such material shall be not less than 75 micrometers: Provided however, this regulation shall not apply to iodized food grade salt in free-flowing powdered form in containers used as table top sprinklers. 15. (1) there shall be marked or printed indelibly on the main panel of the label of any package containing food grade salt in Sinhala, tamil and english languages the common name of the product as “Food Grade Salt-Granular” or “Food Grade Salt-Powder”, as the case may be. (2) on the main panel of the label of any package containing iodized food grade salt, there shall be marked or printed indelibly and legibly in Sinhala, tamil and english languages the following: (a) the common name of the product as “iodized Food Grade Salt-Granular” or “iodized Food Grade Salt Powder”, as the case may be; (b) the words “use without washing”; and (c) the words “Store away from sunlight and heat.”. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 6a 16. The relevent fee shall be paid for the issuing of a certificate of registration and its renewal as specified in the Schedule Vii hereto. 17. the Food (iodization of Salt) regulations 2005 published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1405/3 of august 11, 2005 are hereby rescinded without prejudice to anything previously lawfully done thereunder. Part iV Interpretation 18. in these regulations unless the context otherwise requires “act” means the Food act, No. 26 of 1980; “Chief Food authority” means the director General of Health Services as designated under Section 11 of the act; “Common salt” means a form of salt obtained by evaporation of sea water and by washing off its impurities, which contains not less than ninety-Seven per centum (97%) of Sodium chloride by weight on a dry matter basis, white or off-white in colour free from visible impurities such as clay, grit, shells and other extraneous matters; “director” means the director in charge of the Food Control administration unit; “Food advisory Committee” means the Food advisory Committee appointed under Section 8 of the act; “medical practitioner” shall have the same meaning as in the medical ordinance (Chapter 105); and “person” includes a body corporate or unincorporated. I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 7a A B SChEDuLE I I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 8a (for office use) aPProved/ Not approved assistant I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 9a Conditions: fOOD GRADE SALT IN SALTERNS SChEDuLE II 2023 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 10a CERTIfICATE Of REGISTRATION fOR ImPORTATION / TRANSPORTATION / STORAGE/ uSAGE Of NON-IODIzED fOOD GRADE SALT OR COmmON SALT fOR INDuSTRIAL PuRPOSES OR SELLING Of NON-IODIzED fOOD GRADE SALT IN A REGISTERED PhARmACY Note: SChEDuLE III 2023 2023 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 11a SChEDuLE IV I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 12a director in charge of Food Control administration unit I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 13a Conditions: 2023 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 14a mr/ mrs/ miss 2023 2023 I fldgi ( ^I& fPoh - YS% ,xld m%cd;dka;s%l iudcjd§ ckrcfha w;s úfYI .eiÜ m;%h - 2023'05'15 Part I : Sec. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 15.05.2023 15a eoG 05 - 0108 PRINTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, SRI LANKA. 1. Food grade Potassium iodate shall be a crystalline powder free from impurities and shall SChEDuLE V