Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 39 of 2007).
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Type of law
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Abstract
This Act amends the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 by, among other things: inserting definitions of “environmental health practitioner”; making provisions for delegation of powers of inspection to local authorities; extending regulation-making powers of the Minister; and by inserting a new section on the regulation by the Minister of various matters relating to aquaculture.
The matters that may be regulated by the Minister include: (a) the control, restriction or prohibition of the supply for human consumption of products of mollusc nurseries, fish breeding stations or fish farms; (b) the quality of water used in the fish farming intended for human consumption; and (c) the control, restriction or prohibition of the cultivation, breeding, storage or transport of aquaculture products cultivated or bred for the purposes of human consumption.
The matters that may be regulated by the Minister include: (a) the control, restriction or prohibition of the supply for human consumption of products of mollusc nurseries, fish breeding stations or fish farms; (b) the quality of water used in the fish farming intended for human consumption; and (c) the control, restriction or prohibition of the cultivation, breeding, storage or transport of aquaculture products cultivated or bred for the purposes of human consumption.
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Long title of text
An Act to amend the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972, so as to amend certain definitions and insert new definitions; to authorize medical practitioners, environmental health practitioners and veterinarians to administer the Act; to increase the deposit required for further analysis or examination of a sample; to amplify the Minister's powers to regulate the handling, importation and exportation of foodstuffs, the removal, detention and destruction of food-producing animals or foodstuffs, the inspection of food-producing animals, the medical examination of food handlers and the water used for food processing; to further regulate mollusc farming and fish farming; to omit the provision in respect of secrecy; to simplify the provisions relating to penalties; and to provide for the delegation of power by the Director-General; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Government Gazette No. 30822 of 28 February 2008, pp. 1-7.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No