Pesticides Act 1974 s 21

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s 21 Regulations to control presence of pesticides in food

(1) The Minister may, after consulting the Board and the Minister responsible for health services, make regulations to prohibit- (a) the addition to or the use or presence in food or any specified kind thereof; or (b) the treatment of food or any specified kind thereof, of or with any specified pesticide or more than the specified quantity, proportion, strength, or concentration thereof. (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide that, unless the contrary is proved, a specified contravention of any prohibition therein shall be presumed to have been committed by a specified person or persons in respect of any specified food if there is present therein a specified pesticide or a specified quantity, proportion, strength, or concentration thereof. Entry, inspection and seizure

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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