Regulation 55

In these Regulations, “pasta” means any product which is prepared by drying of extruded or moulded units of dough or by steaming of slitted dough with or without drying.

Pasta shall comprise principally a cereal meal and may contain one or more of the following:

Noodles of various types, including products which are commonly known as “mee” (“mian”) and other “mee” products, except noodles which contain less than 20% moisture, shall be pasta which contains not less than 50% flour.

Noodles which contain less than 20% moisture, including “spaghetti”, “macaroni” and the product commonly known as “mee sua” (“mian xian”) shall contain not less than 70% wheat flour.

Instant noodles may contain sodium polyacrylate in an amount not exceeding 2000 ppm.

Rice noodles, of various types, including products which are commonly known as “kuay teow” (“guo tiao”), “bee tai mak” (“mi shai mu”) and “hor fun” (“he fen”), except rice noodles which contain less than 20% moisture, shall be pasta which contains not less than 50% rice flour.

Rice noodles which contain less than 20% moisture, including the product commonly known as “bee hoon” (“mi fen”), shall contain not less than 80% rice flour.