Artificial Sweeteners in Food Order, 1953
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1953/1311 |
| Year | 1953 |
1953 No. 1311
FOOD
The Artificial Sweeteners in Food Order, 195324thAugust 1953
25thAugust 1953
1stSeptember 1953
The Minister of Food, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by Regulation 2 of the Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations, 1943(a), as continued in force by the Emergency Laws (Continuance) Order, 1952(b), and of all other powers him enabling in that behalf, hereby orders as follows:—
1. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1953, and may be cited as the Artificial Sweeteners in Food Order, 1953.
2. In this Order—
"The Minister" means the Minister of Food.
"Artificial sweetener" means any chemical compound which is sweet to the taste, but does not include saccharin, any sugar or other carbohydrate or polyhydric alcohols.
"Sell" includes offer or agree to sell or expose for sale.
3.—(1) No person shall use or permit to be used any artificial sweetener in the composition or preparation of any article of food intended for sale or sold for human consumption.
(2) No person shall sell or have in his possession for sale for human consumption any article of food containing any artificial sweetener.
4. For the purposes of this Order—
(a) articles commonly used for human consumption shall if sold be presumed until the contrary is proved, to have been sold, or, as the case may be, to have been or to be intended for sale, for human consumption;
(b) any article commonly used for human consumption which is found on premises used for the preparation, storage or sale of that article shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be intended for sale for human consumption.
5.—(1) In any proceedings in respect of an infringement of this Order the production by one of the parties of (i) a document purporting to be a certificate of a public analyst or the Government Chemist or (ii) a document supplied to him by the other party as being a copy of such a certificate shall be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein, unless in the case mentioned under head (i) above the other party requires that the person making the analysis shall be called as a witness.
(a) S.R. & O. 1943/1553; 1945/1454: 1943 II, p. 70; 1945 II, p. 95.
(b) S.I. 1952/2095; 1952 I, p. 945.
(2) In any such proceedings—
(a) if the prosecution intends to produce a certificate of a public analyst or the Government Chemist, a copy of such certificate shall be served with the summons; and
(b) if a defendant intends to produce a...
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