16. Anti-caking agents

In these Regulations, “anti-caking agent” means any substance, which, when added to powder food prevents caking of the food.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food which contains an anti-caking agent which is not of a description and not in the proportions as specified in paragraph (3).

Articles of food may contain the following anti-caking agents at a concentration of not more than 2% on a dry basis:

calcium or magnesium carbonate;

calcium hydroxyphosphate;

edible bone phosphate;

ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium or sodium stearates;

magnesium silicate (synthetic), magnesium trisilicate or talc;

calcium, sodium aluminium, sodium calcium aluminium or calcium aluminium silicates;

silicon dioxide;

ammonium, calcium, potassium or sodium myristates;

ammonium, calcium, potassium or sodium palmitates; or

calcium, potassium or sodium oleates.

Salt may contain the following anti-caking agents in amounts not exceeding 10 ppm, whether alone or used in combination:

potassium ferrocyanide; or

sodium ferrocyanide.

No person shall sell or advertise for sale, with a view to its use in the preparation of food for human consumption, any anti-caking agent other than a permitted anti-caking agent as specified in paragraphs (3) and (4).

In these Regulations, “anti-caking agent” means any substance, which, when added to powder food prevents caking of the food.

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food which contains an anti-caking agent which is not of a description and not in the proportions as specified in paragraph (3).

Articles of food may contain the following anti-caking agents at a concentration of not more than 2% on a dry basis:

calcium or magnesium carbonate;

calcium hydroxyphosphate;

edible bone phosphate;

ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium or sodium stearates;

magnesium silicate (synthetic), magnesium trisilicate or talc;

calcium, sodium aluminium, sodium calcium aluminium or calcium aluminium silicates;

silicon dioxide;

ammonium, calcium, potassium or sodium myristates;

ammonium, calcium, potassium or sodium palmitates; or

calcium, potassium or sodium oleates.

Salt may contain the following anti-caking agents in amounts not exceeding 10 ppm, whether alone or used in combination:

potassium ferrocyanide; or

sodium ferrocyanide.

No person shall sell or advertise for sale, with a view to its use in the preparation of food for human consumption, any anti-caking agent other than a permitted anti-caking agent as specified in paragraphs (3) and (4).