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Section 23: Packaging and labelling of foods.

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

(1) No person shall manufacture, distribute, sell or expose for sale or despatch or deliver to any agent or broker for the purpose of sale, any packaged food products which are not marked and labelled in the manner as may be specified by regulations:

Provided that the labels shall not contain any statement, claim, design or device which is false or misleading in any particular concerning the food products contained in the package or concerning the quantity or the nutritive value implying medicinal or therapeutic claims or in relation to the place of origin of the said food products.

(2) Every food business operator shall ensure that the labelling and presentation of food, including their shape, appearance or packaging, the packaging materials used, the manner in which they are arranged and the setting in which they are displayed, and the information which is made available about them through whatever medium, does not mislead consumers.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
Section23
Marginal notePackaging and labelling of foods.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it1

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