33. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires- " adulterated" means the addition of a substance as an ingredient in the preparation of food or subtraction of any constituent from such food or subjection of such food to any other process or any other treatment so as to-
"advertisement" includes any representation by any means whatsoever for the purpose of promoting directly or indirectly the sale or disposal of any food; | (a) render the food injurious to health, or |
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"food" means any article manufactured, sold or represented for use as food or drink for human beings and includes any article which ordinarily enters into or is used in the composition or preparation of food; " Government Analyst" means the person for the time being holding the office of Government Analyst and except for the purposes of section 8 includes any person for the time being holding the office of Additional, Deputy, Senior Assistant, or Assistant Government Analyst; " insanitary conditions" means such conditions or circumstances as may contaminate food with dust, dirt or filth or render food injurious to health ; " label" includes a tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other description, either written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on or attached to a container of food; " labelling " includes a label and any written, printed or graphic matter relating to or accompanying any food; " local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban, Council, Town Council or Village Council and includes any Authority created and established by or under any law to exercise, perform and discharge powers, duties and functions corresponding to or similar to the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed and discharged by any such Council; " manufacture " means preparing any food for sale and includes any process or part of a process for making, altering, finishing, packing, labelling or otherwise treating of food except packaging of food in the ordinary course of retail sale ; " medical practitioner " has the same meaning as in the Medical Ordinance; " package " includes anything in which any food is wholly or partly contained, placed or packed ; " premises " includes any shop, stall, or place where any food is sold or manufactured or stored for sale ; " relevant Food Authority" means a Food Authority appointed under section 10 ; " sell" means to sell for cash or on credit or by way of exchange and whether by wholesale or retail and " sale " shall have a corresponding meaning ; and " Veterinary Surgeon" means a person registered as a Veterinary Surgeon or a Veterinary Practitioner under the Veterinary Surgeons' and Practitioners' Act, No. 46 of 1956. |
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