The purpose of the declaration of a compulsory standard is primarily to prevent fraud or deception arising from misleading advertising or labelling of pre-packaged goods and to require that adequate information be given to customers and users. Reference is made to the CODEX STAN 1 of 1985, Standards of the Barbados National Standards Institute, etc. The Order defines the scope of the Standard in article 1. Article 2 defines terms. Article 3 contains general principles of labelling and description of pre-packaged food. Article 4 outlines rules regarding mandatory labelling of food: name, list of ingredients, quantitative labelling, presentation of information's, etc. Article 5 concerns labelling of irradiated food. Article 6 states exemptions form mandatory labelling, whereas article 7 contains rules regarding optional labelling. remaining provisions concern language (art. 8), additional information (art. 9), general exemptions (art. 10), advice on labels (art. 11), and conflict between standards (art. 12).
Белиз · 1999-10-16