P.U. (A) 299
FOOD ACT 1983
FOOD (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) REGULATIONS 2019
IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Food Act 1983 [Act 281], the Minister makes the following regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Food (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2019.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 November 2019 except paragraph 2(c).
(3) Paragraph 2(c) of these Regulations comes into operation on 1 November 2020.
Amendment of regulation 139A
2. The Food Regulations 1985 [P.U. (A) 437/1985] are amended in regulation 139A—
(a) in subregulation (1), by substituting for the words “a spherical product or similar to spherical product” the words “a cross section of a spherical or non-spherical product”;
(b) in subregulation (2), by inserting after the words “controlled jelly confection” the words “that contains conjac or also referred to as glucomannan, konnyaku, konjonac, taro powder or yam flour”; and
(c) by inserting after subregulation (2) the following subregulation: “(3) There shall be written in the principal display panel in the label
of a package containing controlled jelly confection the words “CAUTION: MAY POSE CHOCKING RISK” and the words P.U. (A) 299
“NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN BELOW 3 YEARS” in capital bold-faced lettering of a non-serif character and shall not be smaller than 12 point.”.
Made 6 September 2019
[KKM. 600-1/3/77 JLD.3 (12); PN(PU2)418/XXVII]
DATUK SERI DR. DZULKEFLY BIN AHMAD
Minister of Health
