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Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972)

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Regulations - Soft Drinks

4. Alcohol

 

(1) The alcohol content of any drink manufactured from cereal and not falling within any of the categories mentioned in paragraph (c)(vi)(bb) of the definition of soft drink in regulation 1 shall not exceed 0,5 % by volume.

 

(2) No drink referred to in subregulation (1) hereof shall be described as alcohol free unless it contains less than 0,05 % alcohol by volume.

 

(3) Formulated caffeinated beverages that contain more than 150 mg per litre (mg/L) caffeine shall—
(a) indicate the following clearly legible message on the main panel of the label; meaning in the same field of vision as the name under which the product is sold, in letters of which the smallest letter is not less than 3.0 mm in height: "High caffeine content";
(b) indicate the following clearly legible message on the label, not less than 1.3 mm in height: "Not recommended for children under 12 years of age; pregnant or lactating women; persons sensitive to caffeine";
(c) on the label, include a declaration on the quantity of caffeine, per single serving size and per 100 ml, expressed in milligrams or "mg", in one of the following ways—
(i) in or directly under the nutritional table; or
(ii) adjacent to or below the message "High caffeine content"; or
(iii) in the list of ingredients, in brackets following "caffeine".

 

[Regulation 4 substituted by Notice No. R.317, GG35265, dated 17 April 2012]

 

 


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