S.L. 449.9 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 449. S.L. 449.17 Cap. 430.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -"the Act" means the Food Safety Act;

"animals" includes poultry and rabbits; "canned food" means food contained in a hermetically sealed container whether the said container is made of metal, glass or other material;

"carbohydrate" means a substance containing carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only, in which the hydrogen and oxygen occur in the same proportion as in water; "permitted colouring matter" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Use of Colours in Foodstuffs Regulations;

"permitted sweetening agent" means -

(i) saccharine as is defined in the edition of the British Pharmacopoeia current for the time being, and

(ii) sorbitol having the formula C H O (+½ 1H 0); 6 14 6 2 "pesticide" has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the

Pesticides Control Act; "to sell" includes to offer, expose, advertise or keep for sale and to supply by way of compensation or otherwise.