The Processed Food Act

Regulations

(Under sections 3,11 and 13)

The Processed Food (Fees) Regulations, 1985

(Made by the Minister on the 17th day of April, 1985)

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Processed Food (Fees) Regulations, 1985.

2.   (1) The annual fee for the registration of establishments shall be calculated by means of the formula set out in the Schedule and shall be paid to the Jamaica Bureau of Standards -

(a) on completion of the registration procedure; and

(b) prior to issuance of a certificate of registration and factory registration number.

     (2) The factory registration number referred to in paragraph (1) shall be displayed on the labels of all products.

3. The fees for examination and analysis of processed foods shall be calculated according to the formula set out in the Schedule, and shall be paid to the Jamaica Bureau of Standards.

4. The fee for a certificate stating that any processed food is fit for export or fit for sale shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per certificate.

5. The fee for the assessment of food labels, which assessment is made pursuant to the Standards (Labelling of Processed Food) Regulations, 1974, shall be twenty-five dollars ($25) per label.

                SCHEDULE            (Regulations 2 and 3)


Formula for Calculation of Fees:

Cost per man-hour = (salary per annum of officer x factor) / (No. of hours per annum worked for Bureau)

 

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