FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS (PACKAGING AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS, 2011
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL
1.1: Short title and commencement
1.1.1: These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and labelling) Regulations, 2011
1.1.2: These regulations shall come into force on or after 5th August, 2011
1.2: Definitions—
1.2.1: In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Best before” means the date which signifies the end of the period under any stated storage conditions during which the food shall remain fully marketable and shall retain any specific qualities for which tacit or express claims have been made and beyond that date, the food may still be perfectly safe to consume, though its quality may have diminished. However the food shall not be sold if at any stage the product becomes unsafe.
2. “Date of manufacture” means the date on which the food becomes the product as described;
3. “Date of packaging” means the date on which the food is placed in the immediate container in which it will be ultimately sold;
4. “Infant” means a child not more than twelve months of age;
5. “Lot number” or “code number” or “batch number” means the number either in numericals or alphabets or in combination thereof, representing the lot number or code number or batch number, being preceded by the words “Lot No” or “Lot” or “code number” or “Code” or Batch No” or “Batch” or any distinguishing prefix by which the food can be traced in manufacture and identified in distribution.
6. “Multipiece package” means a package containing two or more individually packaged or labelled pieces of the same commodity of identical quantity, intended for retail either in individual pieces or packages as a whole.
7. “Non- Vegetarian Food” means an article of food which contains whole or part of any animal including birds, fresh water or marine animals or eggs or products of any animal origin, but excluding milk or milk products, as an ingredient;
8. “Prepackaged” or “Pre-packed food”, means food, which is placed in a package of any nature, in such a manner that the contents cannot be changed without tampering it and which is ready for sale to the consumer.
