REGULATIONS REGARDING PROCESSED FOODSTUFFS

Published under Government Notice No. R. 723 of 10 August 2003

The Minister of Health has, in terms of section 15(1) of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), made the regulations in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

  1. Definitions

In these regulations any expression to which a meaning has been assigned the Act shall bear such meaning and, unless inconsistent with the context-

“ingredient” means any substance, whether of plant or animal origin, that is added to a foodstuff;
“processed foodstuff” means a foodstuff which was subject to any process which alters its original state and is frozen or refrigerated and vacuum-sealed or packaged in any other way to protect it from contamination due to microbial growth which may occur as a result of exposure to optimum temperature conditions or to the atmosphere;
“unsound” means unwholesome, sick polluted, infected, contaminated, decayed or spoiled, or unfit for human consumption for any reason whatsoever;
“the Act” means the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No 54 of 1972).

  1. Limitations
    1. No person shall use any processed foodstuff which has been exposed for sale and is unsound in any way as an ingredient in the further manufacture of such processed foodstuff for human consumption; or
    2. No person shall treat a processed foodstuff referred to in subregulation (1) in any way, including cleaning or repackaging, for sale as a foodstuff for human consumption.

The limitations stated in subregulation (1) and (2) are applicable to processed foodstuffs on the premises where they were exposed for sale or any other premises.

  1. Repeal

    The Regulations published under Government Notice No. R 2037 of 31 October 1972 are hereby repealed.