| (1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of matters required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are authorized to be made and in particular the Minister may, after consultation with the Food Advisory Committee, make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters : -
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| (a) declaring that any food or class of food is adulterated if any prescribed substance or class of substance is present or has been added to or extracted or omitted from that food ; | | |
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| (b) the labelling, packaging, offering, exposing and advertising for sale of food; | | |
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| (c) the size, dimensions fill and other specifications of packages of food; | | |
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| (d) sale or conditions of sale of any food ; | | |
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| (e) the use of any substance as an ingredient in any food to prevent the consumer or purchaser from being deceived or misled as to its quantity, character, value, composition or safety or to prevent injury to the health of the consumer or purchaser ; | | |
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| (f) the standards of composition, purity, quality or other property of food ; | | |
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| (g) the importation of food in order to ensure compliance with the Act and any regulations made thereunder ; | | |
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| (h) the method of preparation, manufacture, preservation, packaging, storing and testing of any food in the interest of, or for the prevention of injury to, the health of the consumer or purchaser ; | | |
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| | | (i) the persons to whom, the circumstances in which, and the terms and conditions subject to which, licences under this Act may be granted or refused ; |
| (ii) the manner and mode in which applications for licences under this Act may be made and dealt with; and |
| (iii) the fee payable for the issue of a licence; |
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| (j) requiring persons who manufacture or sell any food to furnish such information and maintain such books and records as the Minister considers necessary for the proper enforcement and administration of this Act and the regulations made there under ; | | |
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| (k) the powers and duties of Authorized Officers, the Approved Analyst and Additional Approved Analysts and taking of samples and the seizure, detention or forfeiture and disposal of articles within the meaning of sections 14 and 15 ; | | |
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| (l) the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and any regulations made thereunder; | | |
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| (m) the analysis or examination of any food, procedure for taking samples of such food and tariff of fees to be paid for the analysis or examination of such food ; and | | |
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| (n) prohibitions and restrictions relating to the sale and transport for sale of any adulterated food. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts