3.         Labelling requirements of pre-packed food

(q)        where a claim is made as to the presence in that food of any vitamin or mineral or amino acid, a statement setting out in the case of -

                        (i)         vitamin, the quantity of each vitamin in International Units or milligrams;

                        (ii)        mineral, the quantity of each mineral in parts per cent or milligrams; or

                        (iii)       amino acid, the quantity of each amino acid in milligrams present in a stated quantity of food

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5.        Food with decrease sodium content     

No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food whose sodium content has been decreased or eliminated, unless the label on the package of the food bears the appropriate terminology for the following quantitative standards in respect of element of sodium -

            (a)        ""Sodium free""               - not more than 5 milligrams per 100 grams;

            (b)        ""Very low sodium""       - not more than 35 milligrams per 100 grams;

            (c)        ""Low sodium"" - not more than 140 milligrams per 100 grams;

            (d)        ""Reduced sodium""        - processed to reduce the usual level of sodium by 75 per cent;

            (e)        ""Unsalted""                    - processed without sodium chloride;

            (f)        ""No salt added""            - should express the natural sodium content in milligram per 100 grams.

6.         Low calorie food

(1)        No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food labelled -

                        (a)        ""LOW CALORIE"" unless the food contains not more than 40 calorie per 100 grams of food;

                        (b)        ""REDUCED CALORIE"" unless the calorie content of the food is one third lower than the calorie content of the food to which it is compared; and

                        (c)        ""DIET"" or ""DIETIC PRODUCT"" unless the product complies with the standards specified in paragraph (2).

(2)        ""DIET"" or ""DIETIC PRODUCT"" shall -

                        (a)         comply with the requirements for low or reduced calorie food;

                        (b)         be clearly described as being useful for special dietary purposes; and

                        (c)         not make any claim to the effect that the food is guaranteed to maintain or reduce body weight.

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112. Iodised salt 

Iodised salt shall be edible salt which contains – 

(a) not less than 98 per cent sodium chloride on a moisture free basis; 

(b) not more than 0.2 per cent of matter insoluble in water; 

(c) not more than one per cent moisture;

(d) added potassium iodate or potassium iodide, or both, complying with the standards of purity specified in the British Pharmacopeia; and 

(e) not less than 15 p.p.m and not more than 25 p.p.m of iodine.

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176.     Infant formula and breast milk

No person shall -

                        (a)        advertise or cause to be advertised any infant formula with any claims to the effect that the infant formula is superior to breast milk; and

                        (b)        import, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any infant formula which bears a label claiming that the infant formula is superior to breast milk.

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199. Margarine 

206. Maximum permissible level of fat

No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food specified in the first column of the Fifty-eight Schedule unless it complies with the maximum permissible level of polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat or palm oil specified in the second column of the Schedule in respect of that food.

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250. Peanut butter Peanut butter – ...

(c) shall contain not more than –

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(iii) 2 per cent salt;

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FIFTY-EIGHTH SCHEDULE

[Regulation 206]

PERMITTED LEVEL OF SATURATED FATTY ACIDS

PART A FOOD - MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL

Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fat or oil or of fractions of different fats or oil - (1) Not more than 23 per cent of saturated fatty acids; and (2) Not more than 25 per cent of palm oil

Hydrogenated oils and fats for industrial purpose - Not more than 85 per cent saturated fatty acids on the fat weight basis

Industrial margarine - Not more than 75 per cent saturated fatty acids on the fat weight basis

Margarine rich in polyunsaturates - Not less than 45 per cent of polyunsaturated, not more than 25 per cent of saturated fats on the fat weight basis

Other margarine - (1) Not more than 60 per cent saturated fats on the fat weight basis; and (2) Not more than 25 per cent of palm oil

Vegetable fats (Vanaspati) - Not more than 30 per cent saturated fatty acids on the fat weight basis

PART B

Maximum permissible level of saturated fatty acids per 100 g of edible portion

Any other food product - 15%

Biscuits, wafers, pastry, filled milk, not excluding other types of milk and milk products - 15%

Chocolate other than dark chocolate, coffee whiteners and confectioneries -25%

Imitation cream, cooking chocolate and dark chocolate - 35% 

Pasta, breakfast cereals, malted instant drink powder - 5% 

Snacks, cakes, fried cakes, chips, fried chicken, twisties and noodles - 10%

[Fifty-eighth Sch. revoked and replaced by reg. 3 of GN 171 of 2004 w.e.f. 16 October 2004.]