means the Food Safety Act 2003;

means a person who has the training, knowledge, skills and ability to perform an assigned task, and who is subject to requirements specified by these Regulations;

means the Central Board of Health constituted undersection 3 of the Public Health Act 1935;

means those premises where food is offered for immediate consumption, including but not limited to restaurants, canteens, schools, hospitals, hotels and similar institutions as well as mobile or temporary vendors (where permitted) of ready-to-eat food;

means any representation which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular qualities relating to its origin, nutritional properties, nature, processing, composition or any other quality;

means the standard for infant formula and formulas for special medical purposes intended for infants;

means the advisory lists of nutrient compounds for use in foods for special dietary uses intended for infants and young children;

means the official authority charged by the Board with the control of these Regulations. The national competent authority shall also be taken to mean a “food authority” under the Act. Notwithstanding this definition, when the term “competent authority” is used in relation to the authority in another country to which Fiji is exporting or from which Fiji is importing, the competent authority shall be the official authority charged by that country to control imported or exported food;

means persons and families purchasing and receiving food in order to meet their personal needs;

means any packaging of food for delivery as a single item, whether by completely or partially enclosing the food and includes wrappers. A container may enclose several units or types of packages when such is offered to the consumer;

means the date on which the food becomes the product as described;

means the date which signifies the end of the period under any stated storage conditions during which the product will remain fully marketable and will retain any specific qualities for which tacit or express claims have been made. However, beyond the date the food may still be perfectly satisfactory;

means the date on which the food is placed in the immediate container in which it will be ultimately sold;

means the reduction, without adversely affecting the food, by means of hygienically satisfactory chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of micro-organisms to a level that will not lead to harmful contamination of food;

means an infant formula product that—

• (a)is represented as either a breast milk substitute, or replacement for infant formula; and
• (b)is suitable to constitute the principal liquid source of nourishment in a progressively diversified diet for infants from the age of 6 months,

and includes references to “follow-up formula” in the relevant standards;

means any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredient of the food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological (including organoleptic) purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, packaging, transport or holding of such food results, or may be reasonably expected to result, (directly or indirectly) in it or its by-products becoming a component of or otherwise affecting the characteristics of such foods. The term does not include “contaminants” or substances added to food for maintaining or improving nutritional qualities;

means a local authority or any other body empowered by the Board to function as a food authority under the Act;

means those foods for use in catering premises such as restaurants, canteens, schools, hospitals, hotels and similar institutions where food is offered for immediate consumption;

means Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point as defined by the Codex Alimentarius;

means a person not more than 12 months of age;

means an infant formula product that—

• (a)is represented as a breast milk substitute for infants; and
• (b)satisfies by itself the nutritional requirements of infants under the age of 4 to 6 months;

means a product based on milk or other edible food constituents of animal or plant origin which is nutritionally adequate to serve by itself either as the sole or principal liquid source of nourishment for infants, depending on the age of the infant;

means a definitive quantity of a commodity produced essentially under the same conditions;

means a claim that compares the nutrient levels and/or energy value of 2 or more foods such as, but not limited to, “reduced”; “less than”; “fewer”; “increased”; “more than”;

means a claim that describes the level of a nutrient contained in a food such as, but not limited to, “source of calcium”; “high in fibre and low in fat”;

means a health claim that describes the physiological role of the nutrient in growth, development and normal functions of the body;

means packed in a container;

is fresh water fit for human consumption. Standards of potability should not be lower than those contained in the latest edition of the “International Standards on Drinking Water” of the World Health Organization;

means an infant formula product specifically formulated to satisfy particular needs of infants born prematurely or of low birthweight;

means a substance or material, not including apparatus or utensils, and not consumed as a food ingredient by itself, intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or its ingredients, to fulfill 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;

means—

• (a)L-amino acids;
• (b)the hydrolysate of one or more of the proteins on which infant formula products are normally based; or
• (c)a combination of L-amino acids and the hydrolysate of one or more of the proteins on which infant formula products are normally based;

means an infant formula product in which soy protein isolate is the sole source of protein;

means spices including dried aromatic plants and relates to natural dried components or mixtures thereof, used in foods for flavouring, seasoning and imparting aroma. The term applies equally to spices in the whole, broken or ground form.

means the date which signifies the end of the estimated period under any stated storage conditions, after which the product probably will not have the quality attributes normally expected by the consumers. After this date, the food shall not be regarded as marketable; and

means vegetables including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes and aloe vera.