Prohibition
of sale of food containing mineral oil
3
Except
as provided in regulation 4-
(a)
no
person shall use or permit to be used any mineral
oil in the composition or preparation of any article
of food intended for sale for human consumption;
(b)
no
person shall sell or offer, expose, possess or manufacture
for sale for human consumption any article of food
containing any mineral oil.
the amount of mineral oil contained in any article
of food does not exceed 0.2 parts by weight of mineral
oil per 100 parts by weight of the article of food;
and
(ii)
the
presence of mineral oil in any article of food is
due not to its inclusion as an ingredient in the
article of food but to its use as a lubricant or
greasing agent on some surface with which the article
of food has necessarily to come into contact in
the course of its preparation; or
(b)
in the case of any chewing gum product-
(i)
the
amount of any hydrocarbon wax added to the product
does not exceed the amount reasonably required to
accomplish its intended physical, nutritional or
other technical effect in the product;
the
quantity of any hydrocarbon wax that has or may
have become a component of the product as a result
of its use in the manufacturing, processing, or
packaging of the product, and that is not intended
to accomplish any physical or other technical effect
in the product itself, has been reduced to the extent
reasonably possible; and
(iii)
any
hydrocarbon wax contained in the product is of appropriate
food grade and was prepared and handled as a food
ingredient.
4(2)
In
this regulation, "chewing gum product" (»¤f½¦²£«~)
means chewing gum and other products of a like nature
and use.
Last
review date: 08-10-2007