Food Safety Act (No. 5 of 2006).

This Act makes provision in relation with the safeguarding of quality of food, the improvement of food quality, the safeguarding of public health and the regulation of the standard of imported foods.
Part II imposes certain labelling requirements for packaged food. Part III empowers the Minister to close certain areas where taking food from such areas would pose a health risk. The Minister can also prohibit the import and sale of food that may endanger public health. Part IV provides for the appointment of food inspectors and analysts, as well as setting out powers of inspection, seizure, sampling and closure of premises. Part V lists the various offences under the Act. Part VI provides for the jurisdiction and powers of the courts, as well as setting out the liability of officers of bodies corporate. Part VII grants regulation-making powers to the Minister.
If the Minister is of the opinion that any food or any specified class of food if cultivated, taken, harvested or obtained in or from a specific area may be dangerous or injurious to persons consuming the food, the Minister may, by Order, prohibit the cultivation, taking, harvesting or obtaining of the food in or from that area. If in the opinion of the Minister there is a public health concern, the Minister may, again by Order, declare any food a prohibited food. A food declared as a prohibited product shall not be imported, produced, prepared, stored, displayed or sold.