Mechanisms - Monitoring mechanism for Food Act 1983 and Food Regulations

Lead government agency:
Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health
Established year:
1980
Monitoring:
  • Monitoring compliance
  • Public dissemination of monitoring results
  • Applying sanctions to identified violations
Notes: 

Enforce Food Act 1983 and Food Regulations. Fortification of oils and margarine monitored since 1980, Fortification of salt monitored since 2000, Nutrient declaration monitored since 2005.

This monitoring mechanism was reported to the WHO Global Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017. Country progress in creating enabling policy environments for promoting healthy diets and nutrition. https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/policies/global_nut_policyrev...

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