Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 1875, 1879, 1899, 1936 Flashcards
What does this act protect the consumer against?
This protects the consumer against fraud and adulteration of food
What is adulteration of food?
Any food that is impure from adding inferior ingredients
What is it illegal to do to food under this act?
It is illegal to mix, colour or stain a food with an ingredient or material that makes it hazardous to human health
What is it illegal to sell under this act?
It is illegal to sell any food that is not of the nature and quality demanded by consumers
Under this act what right is given to the consumer?
It gives the consumer the right to have a food analysed by the Public Analysis lab for a fee
When is a food considered impure under the sale of food and drugs act?
If an inferior ingredient has been added
What ingredients cannot be added to food according to the sale of food and drugs act?
An ingredient or material that makes it hazardous to human health
What exactly is it illegal to do to food under the sale of food and drugs act?
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It is illegal to:
Mix
Colour
Stain
Food with an ingredient/material that is hazardous to human health
What type of food cannot be sold according to this act (other than those which are impure)?
Any food that is not of the nature and quality demanded by consumers
According to this act, what can consumers have analysed?
A food sample can be analysed
According to this act, where can a consumer have a food sample analysed?
The Public Analysis Lab
Write a note on the sale of food and drugs act.
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This protects the consumer against fraud and adulteration of food - food that is impure from adding inferior ingredients
It is illegal to mix, colour or stain a food with an ingredient or material that makes it hazardous to human health
It is illegal to sell any food that is not of the nature and quality demanded by consumers
It gives the consumer the right to have a food analysed by the Public Analysis lab for a fee
