Food (Colour Coding for Sugar, Salt and Fat) Regulations, 2019.

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, in terms of Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980, regulate the Food Colour Coding for Sugar, Salt and Fat. In particular, they establish that no person shall package, sell, expose for sale, or advertise any solid or semi-solid food which contains the following: a) an amount of sugar specified in Part A of the Schedule I; or b) an amount of salt specified in Part B of the Schedule; or c) an amount of fat specified in Part C of the Schedule I, unless such food is labelled in the manner as specified in these regulations. Where any solid or semi-solid food has to be prepared or reconstituted before consumption as per the directions specified in the label of the container of such solid or semi-solid food and such food upon being so prepared or reconstituted is still in solid or semi-solid state contains an amount of sugar, salt or fat specified in Schedule I: a) in the case of locally manufactured solid or semi-solid food, the container of such food shall be labelled in the manner as specified in these regulations as applicable; b) in the case of solid or semi-solid food which has been imported, a label made in accordance with these regulation shall be affixed to the container of such food.