- Foods
- 1. Prohibition against sale of unwholesome food
- 2. Food offered as a prize
- 3. Deception of consumers
- 4. Standards of foods
- 5. Prohibition against sale of poor quality food
- 6. Manufacture of food under supervision
- 7. Sale of food under unsanitary conditions
- 8. Food unfit for human consumption
- 9. Penalty and defence
- 10. Closure of premises
- Drugs, Cosmetics, Devices and Chemical Substances
- 11. Prohibited sale of drugs and other chemical substances
- 12. Standards for drugs
- 13. Prohibition on disposal of chemical substances
- 14. Deception of consumers
- 15. Prohibited advertisement
- 16. Control of manufacture of drugs
- 17. Restriction on importation, and manufacture of drugs
- 18. Registration of drugs
- 19. Quality certificate on imported drugs
- 20. Licence for registering drugs
- 21. Renewal of registration and licences
- 22. Drugs not to be distributed as samples
- 23. Clinical trials and tests
- 24. Registration of herbal and homeopathic drugs
- 25. Registers
- 26. Penalties
- Administration
- 27. Establishment of Food and Drugs Board
- 28. Functions of the Board
- 29. Composition of the Board
- 30. Meetings of the Board
- 31. Committees of the Board
- 32. Chief Executive of the Board
- 33. Divisions of the Board
- 34. Other staff of the Board
- 35. Inspection of animals by authorised officers
- 36. Powers of authorised officers
- 37. Forfeiture and disposal of seized articles
- 38. Public analysts
- 39. Quarterly reports of analysts
- 40. Power of the Board to obtain particulars of certain ingredients
- 41. Power of the Court to order licence to be cancelled
- 42. Penalties
- 43. Offences by bodies of persons
- 44. Certificate of analysis and presumptions
- 45. Presumption as to adulteration
- 46. Defence in proceedings for sale of food
- 47. Regulations
- 48. Code of practice
- 49. Limitation of action
- 50. Effect of law on Manufacturing Industries Act
- 51. Interpretation
- SCHEDULES
Food and Drugs Act. 199
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P.N.D.C.L. 3058 FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1992
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Foods
SECTION
I. Prohibition against sale of unwholesome food. 2. Food offered as a prize.
3. Deception of consumers.
4. Standards of foods.
5. Prohibition against sale of poor quality food.
6. Manufacture of food under supervision.
6A. Mandatory fortification of salt.
7. Sale of food under unsanitary conditions.
8. Food unfit for human consumption.
9. Penalty and defence.
10. Closure of premises.
Drugs, Cosmetics, Devices and Chemical Substances
11. Prohibited sale of drugs and other chemical substances.
12. Standards for drugs.
13. Prohibition on disposal of chemical substances.
14. Deception of consumers.
15. Prohibited advertisement.
16. Control of manufacture of drugs.
17. Restriction on importation, and manufacture of drugs.
18. Registration of drugs.
19. Quality certificate on imported drugs.
20. Licence for registering drugs.
21. Renewal of registration and licences.
22. Drugs not to be distributed as samples.
23. Clinical trials and tests.
24. Registration of herbal and homeopathic drugs.
25. Registers.
26. Penalties.
Administration 27. Establishment of Food and Drugs Board.
28. Functions of the Board.
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29. Composition of the Board. 30. Meetings of the Board. 31. Committees of the Board. 32. Chief Executive of the Boar 33. Divisions of the Board. 34. Other staff of the Board. General Provisions
35. Inspection of animals by authorised officers.
36. Powers of authorised officers.
37. Forfeiture and disposal of seized articles.
38. Public analysts.
39. Quarterly reports of analysts.
40. Power of the Board to obtain particulars of certain ingredients.
41. Power of the Court to order licence to be cancelled.
42. Penalties.
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43. Offences by bodies of persons.
44. Certificate of analysis and presumptions.
45. Presumption as to adulteration.
46. Defence in proceedings for sale of food.
47. Regulations.
48. Code of practice.
49. Limitation of action.
50. Effect of law on Manufacturing Industries Act. 51. Interpretation.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
List of Publications
SECOND SCHEDULE
Diseases for which Advertisement for Treatment, Prevention or Cure are Prohibited
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AN ACT to provide standards for the sale of food and drugs and for related matters.
Foods
1. Prohibition against sale of unwholesome food
(1) A person commits an offence if that person sells or offers for sale a food (a) that has in or on it a poisonous or harmful substance,
(b) that is unwholesome or unfit for human or animal consumption,
(c) that consists in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, rotten, decomposed or
diseased substance,
(d) that is adulterated,
(e) that is injurious to health, or
(f) that is not of the nature, substance or quality prescribed by standards.
(2) In determining whether an article of food is injurious to health, regard should be had not only to the probable effect of that article on the health of a person consuming it, but also to the probable cumulative effect of articles of substantially similar composition on the health of a person consuming the article in ordinary quantities.
2. Food offered as a prize
(1) Section I applies to a food intended for human or animal consumption which is
offered as
(a) a prize or a reward in connection with an entertainment to which the public
is admitted whether on payment of money or not, or
(b) a prize or a reward given away for advertisement purposes or in furtherance
of a trade or business, as if the food were exposed for sale by the organizers of the entertainment or the person offering or giving away the food.
(2) In this section "entertainment" includes a public or social gathering, an amusement, exhibition, a performance, sport or game.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, food is adulterated if