September 12, 2026

Section 19 – Food Safety and Standards Act: Use of Food Additive or Processing Aid

The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 — back to Table of Contents

Section 19. Use of food additive or processing aid

No article of food may contain a food additive or processing aid except in accordance with this Act and its regulations. A “processing aid” is a substance or material (not apparatus or utensils, and not itself consumed as an ingredient) used in processing raw materials or food to fulfil a technological purpose, which may leave non-intentional but unavoidable residues in the final product.