THE MALAWI GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT, DATED 18TH SEPTEMBER AND 2ND OCTOBER, 1998

IODIZATION OF SALT ACT, 1995 (NO. 10 OF 1995)

IODIZATION OF SALT (SPECIFICATION) ORDER, 1998

AND

IODIZATION OF SALT REGULATIONS, 1998

GOVERNMENT NOTICES 70 & 75                                   Nos. 31A & 33A
 

THE CHAIRMAN

THE NATIONAL SALT IODIZATION COMMITTEE

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION

PO BOX 30377

LILONGWE 3

MALAWI

TEL. (265) 783 044                             FAX (265) 783109

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IODIZATION OF SALT (SPECIFICATION) ORDER, 1998

1.          Citation 

                                                                                                                   
2.          Salt to be Iodized

                                                                                                   
3.          Labelling      

                                                                                                           
4.          Warranty

                                                                                                               
5.          Packaging  

                                                                                                              
6.          Transport Storage, and Display   

                                                                             
7.          Distribution and Sale   

                                                                                             
8.          Private Right of Action   

                                                                                           
9.          Offences and Penalties      

                                                                                       

SCHEDULE                                                                                                               

IODIZATION OF SALT REGULATIONS, 1998

PART I

PRELIMINARY                                            

1.         Citation                                                                                                                         

2.         Interpretation                                                                                                                 

PART II

REGISTRATION                                            

3.          Distribution and sale

4.         Manner and Particulars of Registration

5.         Certificate                                                                                                         

6.         Registration of Changes

                                                                                   
7.         Alterations        

                                                                                                   
8.         Penalty for Default in Registration

9.         Disability of persons in default

                                                                     
10.        Penalty for False Statements

                                                                              
11.        Duty to Furnish Particulars to the Registrar

                                                    
12.        Registrar to File Statement and Issue Certificate of Registration

                                                                                                         
13.        Index to be Kept

                                                                                                    
14.        Removal of Names from Register

                                                                         
15.        Notice of Cessation of Business

                                                                          
16.        Inspection of Register                                                                                         

PART III

IMPORTATION OF SALT                                    

17.        Certificate of Origin     

                                                                                                   
18.        Non-Iodized Salt

                                                                                                              
19.        Imported Salt                                                                                                                      

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

                                               

20.        Quality Assurance Activities

                                                                                             
21.        Fees      
                                                                                                                           

FIRST SCHEDULE                                                                                                             

SECOND SCHEDULE (Cerificate of Registration)                                                          

THIRD SCHEDULE (Notice of Change in Particulars Registered                                     

FOURTH SCHEDULE (Notice of Cessation of Business)                                                

FIFTH SCHEDULE (Quality Assurance Activities by Persons who Iodize Salt or Repack Salt                                                                                           

 SIXTH SCHEDULE (Fees)          

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1.        Short title and commecement

2.        Interpretation

3.        Salt to be iodized

4.        Registration

5.        Restriction on iodization of salt

6.        Inspection

7.        Offences and penalties

8.        Regulations

An Act to control the iodization of common salt for matters
incidental thereto and connected therewith.

1. Short title and commecement

ENACTED by the parliament of Malawi as follow-
This Act may be cited as iodization of salt Act, 1995, and shall come into operation on date to be appointed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“iodize” means to treat the salt with iodine or a compound of iodine;
“salt” means salt in any form commonly used for domestic purposes  or in the manufacture or processing of food for human or animal consumption

3. Salt to be iodized

– (1) Salt shall, before it is sold or distributed to the public or used in the manufacture or processing of food for human or animal consumption, be iodized to such specification as the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, prescribe
(2) the order made under subsection(1) may further presence the manner of labelling, packaging, storing, transporting or otherwise treating iodized salt.

4. Regitration

Every person who is engaged in the business of salt iodization in accordance to this Act, shall register such particulars thereof as the name and address of the business and every change thereof and for this purpose the Minister shall keep and maintain an appropriate register.

5. Restriction on iodization of salt

—(1) No person shall iodize salt or permit or cause any other person to iodize salt nor continue to do so after the expiry of a period of ninety days from the date of commencement of this Act otherwise than in accordance with this Act and unless that person is registered under section 4. (2) The Minister may once only extend the period prescribed in subsection (1) by a further period not exceeding so prescribed and shall cause notice of th extension to be published in the Gazette.

6. Inspection

—(1) The Minister may in writing appoint any public officer to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Every inspector shall be furnished with a certificate verifying his appointment and authorizing him to exercise the powers conferred on an inspector.

(3) When an inspector seeks to exercise power conferred under this Act, he shall, if requested by any person in relation to whom the power is sought to be exercised, produce to that person his certificate issued under subsection (2).

(4) An inspector may, for the purposes of this Act-
(a) Without previous notice, at any time during business hours, enter upon any premises in or upon which any salt or is reasonably suspected to be iodized or intended to be sold or distributed to the public;

(b) inspect and take samples of any such salt or any material or substance in or on such premises used or suspected to be intended for use in the iodization of salt and open any package or container in or on such premises which contains, or be reasonably suspects to contain, any quantity of such salt, material or substance;
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(c) inspect any operation carried out in or upon such premises in connection with the iodization of salt;

(d) at any time require any person to produce there and then or at a time and place to be fixed by the" inspector any book, record, list or other document which relates to the iodization. sale or distribution of salt and is in the possession or custody, or under the control of that person or of any other person on his behalf;  

(e) examine any such book, notice, record, list or document and make copies of, or take extracts from any such book, notice, record, list- or document which relates to the iodization, sale or distribution of salt and require from any person an explanation of any entries therein and seize any such book, notice, record, list of document which, in the opinion of the inspector, may afford evi­dence of any offence under this Act;

(f) in regard to any matter which is being investigated by the inspector, question, either alone or in the presence of any other, person, as the inspector thinks fit, every person whom he finds on the premises which he has entered under this subsection or who he has reasonable grounds for believing is, or has been employed on any such premises, or is in possession, custody or control of anything referred to in this subsection;

(g) order any person referred to in paragraph (d), (e) or (f) to appear before him at a time and place fixed by him, and .at such' time and place question that person concerning any matter which is being investigated by him pursuant to this Act.

(5) Any person who is in charge of any premises referred to in this section shall at all times, furnish such facilities as are required by an inspector for the purpose of exercising his powers under this section and shall not obstruct or hinder an inspector while exercising such powers.

7. Offences and penalties

—(1) Any person who contravenes sections 4, 5 and 6 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—      

(a) in respect of an offence contrary to section 4 to a fine of K10,000 and to imprisonment for two years;

(b) in respect of an offence contrary to section 5—

(i) for a first offence, to a fine of K10,000 and to imprison­ment for two years;

(ii) for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of K20.000 and to imprisonment for five years;

(c) in respect of an offence contrary to section 6 to a fine of K10.000 and to imprisonment for two years.

8. Regulations

-- "The Minister may make regulations for giving effect to the provisions of his Art.

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18th September,1998                                                                                      277

G.1. BUNDAUNDA PHIRI
Minister of State in the President's
Office responsible for District and
Local Government Administration

(FILE NO. 36/6/12)                                                                                                   

GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 73
      IODIZATION OF SALT ACT, 1995
            (No. 10 OF1995)
                        OF SALT (SPECIFICATION) ORDER, 1998

(IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Iodization of Salt Act, I, HARRY1.THOMSON,Minister of Health and Population, make the following Order-

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Iodization of Salt (Specification) Citation Order, 1998.

2. Salt to be Iodized
Salt shall, before it is sold or distributed to the public or used in the Salt to be manufacture or processing of food for human or animal consumption, be iodized to the specification set out in the Schedule.

3. Labelling
(1) All iodized salt packages shal1 be legibly and indelibly label1ed and the salt in each package shall conform to the specifications on its label.
(2) A label on an iodized salt package shall contain the following information-

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                                              IODIZED SALT

Name of manufacturer, importer or packer;
Name of Iodization plant;      
Iodine compound: potassium iodate level of iodine or potassium –mg/kg;
best used before date;

 CAUTION: STORE IN A COOL AND DRY PLACE.

(3) All salt iodized or prepacked in Malawi shall bear a certification mark of Malawi Bureau of Standards which shall be displayed prominently on the package in which the salt is contained.
(4) For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of subparagraph (3) are in addition to, not in substitution for, the provisions of the Malawi Bureau of Standards Act and any other written law governing issuance of certification marks.

4. Warranty
Every person who imports, manufactures, displays, distributes, sells Warranty or exports any salt shall be deemed to warrant to the immediate purchaser that the salt confirms to all legal requirements and meets the specification on its label.

5. Packaging
-(1) All iodized salt shall be packed and sealed in moisture-proof Packaging lined packaging material.
(2) 'The total mass of an iodized salt package shall not exceed 20 kg.

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6. Transport Storage, and Display 
All iodized salt shall not, during transportation, storage and display, be exposed to any of the following conditions-
(a)    direct sunlight or strong light;

(b)     heat above 35 degrees C;

(c)     humidity above 75%, or water, including rain;

(d)     contamination with dust or other particles or substances;

(e)     mixture with non-iodized salt;

(f)     inadequate ventilation or aeration;

(g)     unduly long storage time (more than six months);

(h)     storage in uncovered rooms or warehouses; and

(i)     stacking less than 30 centimetres above the floor level.

7. Distribution and Sale
All iodized salt shall be dispatched, distributed and sold strictly according to the principle of first in, first out.

8. Private Right of Action
Any consumer who has purchased or received salt that does not comply with the requirements of this Order may pursue a legal action against any person in the salt manufacture-distribution chain shown to have violated the requirement of this Order.

9. Offences and Penalties
Any person who contravenes any provision of this Order shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of Kl ,000 and to imprisonment for three months.                        

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Salt shall be iodized as follows-
 

Location of Salt	Level of iodine, per Ikg. of salt
Port of entry, iodization plant and prepacking factory	Between 80 and 100 milligrams of potassium iodate
Wholesale and retail	A minimum of 50 milligrams of potassium iodate

Made this 22nd day of July, 1998.

          (FILE NO. MED./2/22)                                                   H. 1. THOMSON
                                                                               Minister of Health and Population

( The Malawi Gazette Supplement, dated 2nd October, 1998
Regulations, Rules, etc.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 75

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                                    IODIZATION OF SALT ACT, 1995

                                                  (No.10 OF 1995)

                             IODIZATION OF SALT REGULATIONS, 1998

 

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Iodization of Salt Act, 1.
HARRY1.THOMSON, Minister of Health and Population, make the following Regulations

                                                                                   PART I-

                                                                          PRELIMINARY

1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Iodization of Salt Regulations, Citation 1998.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"authorized officer" means a customs officer, an environmental health officer or any inspector appointed under section 6;
"business" means business of salt iodization;
"Registrar" means the .Principal Secretary or such other officer in the public service as he may authorize .to act on his behalf.

         PART II-

REGISTRATION

3. Manner and Particulars of Registration
Every person who is engaged in the business of salt iodization shall furnish by sending by post or delivering to the Registrar a statement in writing in the form set out in the First Schedule containing the following particulars-
(a)     the name of the business;

(b)     the address of the business;

(c)      the general nature of the business; and

(d)      date of commencement of the business.

4. The statement required for the purpose of registration under regulation 3 shall-
(a)      in the case of an individual, be signed by him; and

(b)      in the case of a firm, either by all the individuals who are partners and by a director or the secretary of all corporations which are partners or by an individual who is a partner, director or the secretary of a corporation which is a partner and in either of these two cases shall be verified by an affidavit or statutory declaration made by the signatory:

Provided that no such affidavit or statutory declaration stating that any person other than the deponent or declarant is a partner, or omitting to state that any person other than as aforesaid is a partner, shall be evidence for or against such other person in respect of his liability or non-liability as a partner, and that the High Court may on application of any person alleged or claiming to be a partner direct the rectification of the register and decide any question arising under this regulation.

5. Certificate
The Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration in the form set out in the Second Schedule to every firm or person registered under these Regulations.

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6. Registration of Changes Whenever a change is made or occurs in the particulars registered under regulation 3 in respect of any firm or person, such firm or person shall, within fourteen days after such change or such longer period as the Registrar may. on application being made in any particular case, whether before or after the expirarion of such fourteen days, allow, furnish by sending by post or delivery to him a statement in writing specifying the nature and the date of the change, signed, and, where necessary, verified in like manner as the statement required on registration under regulation 3.
    
7. Alterations --Every change in any of the particulars registered shall be notified in the form set out in the Third Schedule to the Registrar who shall alter the register accordingly.
    
8. Penalty for Default in Registration-- If any firm or person by these Regulations required to furnish a state­ment of particulars or of any change in particulars shall without reasonable cause make default in so doing in the manner and within the time specified by these Regulations every partner in the firm or the person so in default shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of K200 for every day during which the default continues, and the court shall order a statement of the required particulars or change in the particulars to be furnished to the Registrar within such time as may be specified in the Order.
    
9. Disability of persons in default—(1) Where any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a state­ment of particulars or of any change in particulars shall have made default in so doing, then the rights of that defaulter under or arising out of any contract made or entered into by or on behalf of such defaulter in relation to the busi­ness in respect to the carrying on of which particulars were required to be furnished at any time while he is in default shall not be enforceable by action or other legal proceeding whether in the business name or otherwise:

Provided always as follows—

a. the defaulter may apply to the Court for relief against the disability imposed by this regulation and the Court, on being satisfied that the default was accidental, or due to inadvertence, or some other sufficient cause or that on other grounds it is just and equitable to grant relief, may grant such relief either generally, or as respects any particu­lar contract, on condition of the costs of the application being paid by the defaulter, unless the Court otherwise orders, and on such other conditions (if any) as the Court may impose, but such relief shall not be granted except on such service and such publication of notice of the application as the Court may order, nor shall relief be given in respect of any contract if any party to the contract proves to the satisfaction of the Court that, if these Regulations had been complied with, he would not have entered into the contract;          '

2. nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of any other party as against the defaulter in respect of such contract as aforesaid; and

3. if any action or proceeding shall be commenced by any other party against the defaulter to enforce the rights of such party in respect of such contract, nothing herein contained shall preclude the defaulter from enforcing in that action or proceeding, by way of counter-claim, set off or otherwise, such rights as he may have against that party in respect of such contract.
   
   2. In this regulation/the expression “Court” means the High Court:

 Provided that, without prejudice to the power of the Court to grant such relief as aforesaid, if any proceeding to enforce any contract is commenced by a defaulter in a subordinate court, the subordinate court may, as respects that contract, grant such relief as aforesaid.                             Top

10. Penalty for False Statements--If any statement required to be furnished under these Regulations contains any matter which is false in any material particular to the knowledge of any person signing it, the person shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of K 1,000 and to imprisonment for three months.
     
11. Duty to Furnish Particulars to the Registrar—(1) The Registrar may require any person to furnish to him such particulars as appear necessary to the Registrar for the purpose of ascertain­ing whether or not he or the firm of which he is partner should be registered under these Regulations, or an alteration made in the registered particulars, and may also in the case of a corporation require the secretary or any other officer of a corporation performing the duties of secretary to furnish such par­ticulars, and if any person when so required fails to supply such particulars as it is in his power to give, or furnishes particulars which are false.in any mate­rial particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of K 1,000 and to imprisonment for three months.

2. If from any information so furnished it appears to the Registrar that any firm or person ought to be registered under these Regulations, or an alter­ation ought to be made in the registered particulars, 'he Registrar may require the firm or person to furnish to him the required particulars within such time as may be allowed by him, but, where any default under these Regulations has been discovered from the information acquired under this regulation, no pro­ceedings under these Regulations shall be taken against any person in respect of such default prior to the expiration of the time within which the firm or per­son is required by the Registrar under this regulation to furnish particulars to him.
    

12. Registrar to File Statement and Issue Certificate of Registration  On receiving any statement, affidavit or statutory declaration made in pursuance of these Regulations, the Registrar shall cause the same to be filed, and he shall send by post or deliver a certificate of the registration there­of to the firm or person registering and the certificate or certified copy there­of shall be kept in a conspicuous position at the principal place of business of the firm or individual and if not kept so exhibited every partner in the firm, or the person as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of K 1,000.
     
13. Index to be Kept-- The Registrar shall keep an index of all the firms and persons reg­istered by him under these Regulations.
     
14. Removal of Names from Register—(1) If any firm or individual registered under these Regulations ceases’to carry on business, it shall be the duty of the persons who were part­ners in the firm at the time when it ceased to carry on business or of the individual or, if he is dead, of his personal representative, within three nonths after the business has ceased to be carried on, to send by post or deliver to the Registrar notice in the prescribed form that the firm or individual has ceased to carry on business, and if any person whose duty it is to give such notice fails to do so within such time as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of K 1.000:
    

    Provided that the Registrar may in his absolute discretion on reasonable cause therefor being shown, extend such time as aforesaid to such time as he may think fit.

    2. On receipt of such a notice as aforesaid the Registrar may remove the firm or individual from the register.

    3. Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any firm or individual registered under these Regulations is not carrying on business he may send to the firm or individual by registered post a notice that, unless an. answer is received to such notice within one month from the date thereof, the firm or individual may be removed from the register.

    4. If the Registrar either receives an answer from the firm or individual to the effect that the firm or individual is not carrying on business or does not within one month after sending the notice receive an answer, he may remove the firm or individual from the register.
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    15. Notice of Cessation of Business

    Every notice to the Registrar that any firm or individual registered under these Regulations has ceased to carry on business shall be in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule.
    
    16. Inspection of Register

    The register and all documents in connexion with registration under these Regulations shall be open to the public for inspection and copies of or extracts from such register or documents may be obtained on any business day during business hours.
     

    PART III—
    
    IMPORTATION OF SALT

    17. Certificate of Origin

     —(1) No salt shall be imported into Malawi unless it is accompanied by a certificate of origin issued in country of origin by a designated authority. 

    (2) The certificate of origin referred to in subregulation (1) shall contain the following particulars—

    1. name of importer;
    2. name of manufacturer/supplier;
    3. type of salt;
    4. order/batch number;
    5. date of manufacture/expiry;
    6. content of iodine and sodium chloride;
    7. purity of salt;
    8. orm of packaging;
    9. unit quantity and total quantity;
    10. value;
    11. moisture content;
    12. particle sizes; and '
    13. brief description.
         
    18. Non-Iodized SaltNo person shall import into Malawi non-iodized salt for industrial use without the prior approval of the Minister.
         
    19. Imported Salt—(1) Any salt that is imported into Malawi that does not meet legal requirements that pertain to iodine level and packaging shall be delivered bythe importer at a registered iodization plant within two days of his being informed of the salt by an authorized officer.
         

    2. If the salt referred to in subregulation (1) is not delivered at an iodiza­tion plant within the time stipulated therein, the salt shall be forfeited to the Government.
        
    3. Upon the salt referred to in subregulation (1) being delivered to an iodization plant, the iodization plant shall, at the expense of the importer, recondition, relabel, repack or otherwise cure the salt to meet the legal requirements.
        
    4. Any salt that is imported into Malawi that does not meet legal requirements that pertain to matters other than iodine level and packaging shall be re-exported by the importer to the country of origin within 30 days from the date of its entry into Malawi.
        
    5. If the salt referred to in subregulation (4) is not re-exported as stipu­lated therein, it shall be forfeited to the Government and the forfeited salt shall be disposed of by destruction.
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              Part IV—
    
            MISCELLANEOUS

                 

    20. Quality Assurance Activities—(1) All persons who iodize or prepack salt shall inspect, examine, analyse and test, in the manner set out in the Fifth Schedule, their processes, procedures and methods and the salt within their possession or control, to ensure that their activities and the salt within their possession or control com­ply with legal requirements.
         

    2. All persons who transport, store, display for distribution or sale, distribute, sell, export or otherwise hold or control salt commercially shall undertake necessary quality assurance activities to ensure that the salt in their possession or control comply with legal requirements.
        
    3. For purposes of subregulation (2), quality assurance activities include, as applicable—

    1. routine physical, chemical and microbiological tests on repre- ' sentative sample of salt to ensure that they conform to the authorized composition;

    2. routine inspection of packages and labels; and
    3. routine inspection of storage areas.
        

    4. All persons who iodize, prepack, sell, distribute, export or otherwise hold or control salt commercially shall keep records of all quality assurance activities for a period of three years specifying—

    a. the dates and times of inspection, examinations, analyses or any other quality assurance activity, the nature of the activity and findings;

    b. the batch lot number from which the samples were taken and the quantity of salt or samples tested or analysed; and

    c. analysis results.

5. Any person who distributes, sells, exports or otherwise holds or con­trols salt commercially who finds, upon exercising reasonable diligence, that any salt within his custody or control fails to meet legal requirements shall—

a. return the salt to the preceding seller for—

i) reconditioning, relabelling, repacking or otherwise curing so that it meets the legal requirements; or

ii) destruction;

b. recondition, relabel, repack or otherwise cure it to meet legal requirements prior to selling or distributing it further; or

c. destroy it.

Fees

21 The fees to be paid in pursuance of these Regulations shall be the fees specified m the Sixth Schedule.
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FIRST SCHEDULE reg. 3

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE

GIVEN PURSUANT TO REGULATION

 

1. Name of the business:
2. Address:
3. General nature of business:
4. Date of commencement of business:

 

(Signed).............................

Dated this................................. day of.............................................. 19
 

SECOND SCHEDULE     reg. 5

Iodizahon of Salt Act Certificate of Registration

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that.............. this............... day of....................

have/(has) been duly registered pursuant to and in accordance with the lodization of Salt Act and the subsidiary legislation made thereunder, and have/(has) been entered under the number .....................           in the Index of Registration.

Given under my hand at........... this................... day of..................... 19....

 ..................................                                                                                        Registrar

 

THIRD SCHEDULE

Notice of Change in Particulars Registered Pursuant to

the Iodization of Salt Act

To:

The Registrar

WHEREAS WE/(I) the undersigned were/(was) duly registered pursuant to the Iodization of Salt Act on the .................................................................... day of.................................. 19....

under the Number................................. in the Index of Registration.

AND WHEREAS a change (or changes) has (or have) occurred (or been made) in respect of the particulars registered as hereinafter mentioned.

Now We/(I) the undersigned hereby give you notice that on the date (or dates) here­under specified the following change (or changes) occurred (or was or were made) in the partculars registered; that is to say . ..

Dated this............. day of.............................................................. 19....

(Signed)........................
 

FOURTH SCHEDULE   reg. 15

Notice of Cessation of Business Pursuant

to the Iodization of Salt Act

To:

The Registrar

WHEREAS WE/(I) the undersigned registered under the Number       in the

Index of Registration have ceased to carry on business

 

as from the.......... day of................ 19.... save for the purpose of winding up the business.

Dated this..................... day of...................................................................................... 19....

(Signed) ............................................
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FIFTH SCHEDULE

Now We/(I) hereby give notice that We/(I) have ceased to carry on business as          

Quality Assurance Activities by Person who Iodize or Prepack Salt

All salt iodizers or prepackers shall conduct routine quality assurance activities, to ensure the quality of the salt under their control as follows—

1. Iodine levels: at a regular interval on a daily basis, samples of iodized salt shall be collected from the production line and tested for iodine content.
2. Equipment: plant and laboratory equipment shall be inspected at least twice daily to ensure its proper operation. Calibration of the equipment shall also

•. be undertaken periodically, at least once a year.

3. Mixing: the mixing process shall be monitored regulalarly to ensure . consistent mixing.

4. Salt ready for each lot or batch shall be sampled to ensure the correct distribution concentration of iodine.

5. Packaging and labelling: the packages and labels of iodized salt shall be routinely inspected to ensure they comply with regulation 16.

6. Storage: storage areas shall be routinely inspected to ensure that salt is being stored according to regulation 17.
    

SIXTH SCHEDULE       reg. 21

Fees

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1. On filing a statement of particulars or a notice of change of

particulars .................................................................................................. 200 00

2. On   filing notice of cessation of business .......................................200 00

3. For  inspection of the register .................................................................40 00

4. 4. For a certified copy certificate of registration ........................................50 00

4. 5. For a copy of any registered document  .................................................20 00

Made this 22nd day of July, 1998.

H. I. Thomson
Minister of Health and Population

 

Disclaimer

This document has been re-typed from its original version which is also available on MTP in order to assist with searching and indexing. It is not an approved version by the originating authority and in the case of doubt the original version will take precedence.

 

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