Food Act (No. 26 of 1980)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Prohibition on manufacture importation, sale and distribution of food

(1) No person shall manufacture, import, sell or distribute any food-

	(a) that has upon' it any natural or added deleterious substance which renders it injurious to health ;

	(b) that is unfit for human consumption;

	(c) that consists in whole or in part of any unclean, putrid, repugnant, decayed, decomposed or diseased animal substance or decayed vegetable substance or is insect infested;

	(d) that is adulterated;

	(e) that has in or upon it any added substance in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulation made there under; or

	(f) in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulation made there under.

(2) No person shall manufacture, prepare, preserve, package or store for sale any food under insanitary conditions.

(3) No person shall import, sell or distribute any food manufactured, prepared, preserved,, packaged or stored for sale under insanitary conditions.