Section 19: Use of food additive or processing aid.

The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006Central Act · Act 34 of 2006

No article of food shall contain any food additive or processing aid unless it is in accordance with the provisions of this Act and regulations made thereunder.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, "processing aid" means any substance or material, not including apparatus or utensils, and not consumed as a food ingredient by itself, used in the processing of raw materials, foods or its ingredients to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing and which may result in the non-intentional but unavoidable presence of residues or derivatives in the final product.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
Section	19
Marginal note	Use of food additive or processing aid.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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