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132W PDFTitle:FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONSGazette Number:L.N. 69 of 2008
Schedule:4Heading:ITEMS EXEMPT FROM SCHEDULE 3Version Date:01/07/2010


[regulation 4A]
(L.N. 80 of 1996)
Item
Parts of Schedule 3 from which item is exempt
Drinks with an alcoholic strength by volume of more than 1.2% but less than 10% as determined under section 53 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) (L.N. 85 of 2004; L.N. 139 of 2004)
    The whole Schedule except sections 3 and 4
Prepackaged food sold at a catering establishment for immediate consumption
    The whole Schedule except section 3
Individually wrapped confectionery products in a fancy form intended for sale as single item
    The whole Schedule
Individually wrapped preserved fruits which are not enclosed in any further packaging and which are intended for sale as single items
    The whole Schedule
Prepackaged food packed in a container the largest surface of which has an area of less than 10 cm2 (L.N. 313 of 1985)
    Sections 2, 5 and 6
Fresh fruit and fresh vegetables
    Sections 2 and 4
Carbonated water, to which no ingredient other than carbon dioxide has been added and the description of which indicates that it has been carbonated
    Section 2
Vinegar which is derived by fermentation exclusively from a single basic product and to which no other ingredient has been added
    Sections 2 and 4
Cheese, butter, fermented milk and fermented cream, to which no ingredient has been added other than-
    (i) lactic products, enzymes and micro-organism cultures essential to the manufacture of the item; or
    (ii) the salt needed for the manufacture of mature cheese
    Section 2
Any food consisting of a single ingredient
    Section 2
Flavourings
    Section 2
Cooking salt
    Section 4
Sugar with no added ingredients other than preservatives
    Section 4
Chewing gums and other similar products (L.N. 80 of 1996)
    Section 4
Wines, liqueur wines, sparkling wines, aromatised wines, fruit wines, sparkling fruit wines and other drinks with an alcoholic strength by volume of 10% or more as determined under section 53 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (Cap 109) (L.N. 85 of 2004; L.N. 139 of 2004)
    The whole Schedule except section 3
(L.N. 222 of 1985; L.N. 80 of 1996; L.N. 69 of 2008)