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P.U.(A) 437 OF 1985
FOOD ACT 1983
FOOD REGULATIONS 1985
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Food Act 1983 [Act 281], the Minister
makes the following regulations:
PART VIII
STANDARDS AND PARTICULAR LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD
Confection
135. Flour confection.
(1) Flour confection including pastry, cake and biscuit shall be the product
prepared from a mixture of flour or meal and other food. It may be cooked or
uncooked.
(2) Flour confection may contain –
(a) sorbic acid and its sodium, potassium or calcium salts not exceeding 2000
mg/kg and propionic acid and its sodium, potassium or calcium salts not
exceeding 2000 mg/kg as permitted preservative;
(b) permitted colouring substance;
(c) permitted flavouring substance; or
(d) ammonium chloride as a permitted food conditioner not exceeding 2500
mg/kg of flour or meal used and other permitted food conditioners.
(3) The coating of biscuit described as “chocolate” shall comply with the standard
for chocolate prescribed in regulation 279.
[Am. P.U.(A) 162/88, 123/95]
136. Sugar confection.
(1) Sugar confection shall be any product made principally from sugar, glucose,
sorbitol or any other sweetening substances, other than non-nutritive
sweetening substance, with or without other food, and shall include chewing
gum, bubble gum and other masticatory confection and cake decoration but
shall not include frozen confection.
(2) Sugar confection may contain permitted colouring substance, permitted
flavouring substance, permitted food conditioner and acesulfame potassium not
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exceeding 3,500 mg/kg as permitted non-nutritive sweetening substance.
(3) Chewing gum and bubble gum may contain carnauba wax not exceeding 1,200
mg/kg as a glazing agent and β-cyclodextrin not exceeding 20,000 mg/kg as
permitted food conditioner.
[Am. P.U.(A) 160/04, 306/09]
137. Frozen confection.
(1) Frozen confection shall be a product of milk or skimmed milk with milk fat or
edible vegetable fat or a combination of these, or cream or butter or a
combination of these, with sugar and other food. It shall in all other respects
comply with the standard for ice cream prescribed in regulation 116.
(2) Frozen confection that are sold as “milk blocks” or under any other description
in which the word “milk” or “dairy” or any word of similar meaning is used shall
contain not less than 3.25 per cent of milk fat.
138. Ice confection.
(1) Ice confection shall be a frozen preparation of water with other food. It shall
include cream ices, water ices, ice sherbets and ice lollipops.
(2) Ice confection may contain permitted colouring substance, permitted flavouring
substance and permitted food conditioner.
139. Table confection.
(1) In these Regulations, “table confection” means any preparation including jelly
crystals that is suitable and intended for use as a dessert or for ready
conversion into a dessert and for which no other standard is prescribed in these
Regulations.
(2) Table confection may contain permitted colouring substance, permitted
flavouring substance and permitted food conditioner.
139A. Controlled jelly confection.
(1) Controlled jelly confection shall be any table confection for which a standard is
prescribed in regulation 139 and is ready-to-eat, of the size and shape of less
than or equal to 45 millimeters in diameter of a spherical product or similar to
spherical product. Controlled jelly confection includes mini cups jelly and other
similar products.
(2) No person shall import, manufacture, advertise for sale or sell any controlled
jelly confection.
[Ins. P.U.(A) 405/09]
140. Particular labelling requirement of confection.
(1) No package of flour confection, sugar confection, frozen confection, ice
confection or table confection shall be labelled with the word “fruit”, “egg” or
“milk” or any word of similar meaning, unless it contains a substantial quantity
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of fruit, egg or milk, as the case may be.
(2) No package of any confection to which has been added a permitted flavouring
substance shall be labelled with the name of any fruit or other natural
substance imitated in flavour unless the name is conjoined in uniform lettering
with the word “flavour”.
(3) No picture of a fruit, or expression or device (other than the name of a fruit
conjoined with the word “flavour”) that indicates, suggests or implies the
presence of a fruit or fruit juice shall appear in the label on a package of frozen
confection, ice confection or table confection unless such confection contain at
least 5 per cent of that fruit or fruit juice, as the case may be.
[Am. P.U.(A) 183/86, 162/88]
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