除非标签上包含以本条例表格十二规定的形式或署长可接受的其他相似形式制成的营养信息表——表中可标示能量值、蛋白质含量、碳水化合物、脂肪和任何其他营养素(进行相关营养声称)含量,否则标签上不得标示任何营养声称。另外,标签上标示盐、钠和钾或任意两种或者所有三种营养素的营养声称(没有任何其他营养声称)时,可将能量和除钠和钾之外的营养素由营养成分表中删除。第1条不适用于总表面积少于100cm2且标签中含有下列项目的预包装食品:进行营养声称的每一种营养素含量的声明;无糖食品的声称,食品能量值声称或食品能量产量的声明。
Nutrition information panel
8A.—(1) No label shall contain any nutrition claim unless it also includes a nutrition information panel in the form specified in the Twelfth Schedule or in such other similar form as may be acceptable to the Director-General, specifying the energy value, the amounts of protein, carbohydrate, fat and the amount of any other nutrients for which a nutrition claim is made in respect of the food.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where any label includes a nutrition claim with respect to salt, sodium or potassium or any two or all of them, but does not include any other nutrition claim, reference to energy or nutrients other than sodium and potassium may be omitted from the panel.
(3) For the purpose of these Regulations, “nutrition claim” means a representation that suggests or implies that a food has a nutritive property, whether general or specific and whether expressed affirmatively or negatively, and includes reference to —
(a)
energy;
(b)
salt, sodium or potassium;
(c)
amino acids, carbohydrates, cholesterol, fats, fatty acids, fibre, protein, starch or sugars; or
(d)
any other nutrients,
but does not include a statement of ingredients or a declaration or claim relating to a vitamin or mineral.
(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any prepacked food which has a total surface area of less than 100 square centimetres and which has included in the label —
(a)
a statement of the quantity of each nutrient in respect of which the nutrition claim is made; or
(b)
where there is a claim that the food is free of sugar or where there is a claim as to the energy value of the food, a statement of the energy yield of the food.