THE FOOD SAFETY ACT, 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY

Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation

PART II
THE FOOD SAFETY COORDINATING COMMITTEE

3. Establishment of Food Safety Coordinating Committee
4. Functions of Committee
5. ScientificAdvisory Sub-Committee
6. Functions of Scientific Advisory Sub-Committee

PART III
REGULATION OF ARTICLES

7. Prohibition sale of poisonous, unfit or adulterated food
8. Prohibition of sale of article not of nature, substance or
quality required by purchaser
9. Sale and preparation of food under insanitary conditions
10.Prohibition of deception in labelling packaging and selling of
food
11. Labelling, selling or advertising of food contrary to standards
for food
12.Rendering food injurious to health
13.Selling food not compliant with food safety requirements
14.Prohibition of sale or advertisement of food as treatment for
diseases
15.Prohibition of handling food without certificate of compliance
or health inspection report
16.Prohibited sale of devices

17. Sale and preparation of devices under insanitary conditions
18. Prohibition of deception in labelling packaging and selling
of device
19. Standards for devices
20. Importation of article
21. Warranty on article
22. Powers of appropriate enforcement authority
23. Orders in respect of certain articles

PART IV
REGULATORY HEALTH REQUIREMENTS

24. Regulatory clearance system
25. Application for health inspection report and certificate of
compliance
26. Issuance of health inspection report and certificate of
compliance
27. Notification of refusal
28. Conditions of certificate of compliance
29. Prohibition of transfer of certificate of compliance
30. Display of certificate of compliance
31. Report notices
32. Notification of occurrence of hazard
33. Renewal of certificate of compliance
34. Suspension or cancellation of certificate of compliance
35. Power of court to order cancellation of certificate of
compliance and disposal of articles
36. Health clearance certificate
37. Regulatory powers of Minister
38. Register of approved health inspection applications,
notifications of refusal and certificates of compliance
39. National Food Laboratory
40. Functions of laboratory
41. Director and other staff
42. Certificate of analysis

PART VI
ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

43. Powers of authorised officers
44. Power to carry out tests and take samples
45. Arrest without warrant
46. Demanding production of certificate of compliance or
health clearance permit
47. Search with warrant
48. Obstruction of authorised officer
49. Food safety monitoring
50. Protection order
51. Prevention order
52. Compliance order
53. Cost order
54. Orders initiated by public
55. Defect in order not bar to compliance
56. Investigations by public
57. Civil action
58. Protection and costs orders
59. Seizure of property
60. Restoration of property
 

PART VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS

61. Appeals
62. General penalty
63. Offences by principal officers, body corporate or unincorporate body
64. Regulations
65. Repeal of Act No. 22 of 1972 and Sections 79 and 83 of Cap. 303
66. Savings and transitional provisions

SCHEDULES
 

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PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

1. This Act may be cited as the Food Safety Act, 2019, and
shall come into operation on the date appointed by the Minister by
statutory instrument.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“ adulteration ” means the intentional addition or subtraction
of a substance to or from an article that is likely to
adversely affect its quality;
“ advertisement ” includes a representation, by any means,
for the purpose of promoting, directly or indirectly, the sale
or disposal of any food or device;