Food (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

Regulation 32 and 33 of the Food Regulations are revised. According to Section 32, a person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food that contains any detectable residue of an antimicrobial agent or a degradation product of the antimicrobial agent unless — (a) the antimicrobial agent is a veterinary drug; and (b) the import, sale, advertising, manufacture, consignment or delivery is in accordance with Regulation 33. Veterinary drug residues. According to Regulation 33, a person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food that contains any veterinary drug residue unless — (a) the article of food is a tissue of an animal specified in the Eighteenth Schedule and the amount of veterinary drug residue does not exceed the maximum residue limit specified in that Schedule for the tissue; or (b) the article of food is manufactured using, or mixed with, the tissue of an animal specified in the Eighteenth Schedule and the amount of veterinary drug residue does not exceed the maximum residue limit specified in that Schedule for the quantity of the tissue in the article of food.
The Eighteenth Schedule is inserted. It lists the maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary drugs in foods. Other amendments are made on Regulation 2, 19, 29, etc.