Section 2

“advertisement” means any representation by any means whatsoever for the purpose of directly or indirectly promoting the sale or other disposal of any food;

“analysis” includes micro-biological assay;

“appliance” includes the whole or any part of any utensil, machinery, instrument, apparatus or article used or intended for use in or for making, keeping, preparing or supplying any food;

“article” means any labelling or advertising material in respect of, and anything used for the preparation, preservation, packing or storing of, any food;

“Director” means the Director General of Health Services and anyone authorised by him to act on his behalf in the exercise of any function conferred or imposed on him by this Act;

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“food” includes any substance manufactured, processed, sold or represented for use for human consumption, chewing substances, and any ingredient thereof;

“food analyst” means a person appointed under section 3(1);

“food officer” means a person appointed under section 3(2);

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“Hukum Syara’ ” means the Laws of Islam in the Mazhab Shafie or in any other mazhabs which are approved by His Majesty the

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan to be in force in Brunei Darussalam;

“import” does not include the bringing into Brunei Darussalam by land, water or air of any food or appliance which it is proved to be intended to be taken out of Brunei Darussalam on the same vehicle, vessel or aircraft on which it was brought into Brunei

Darussalam without any landing or transshipment within Brunei

Darussalam;

“importer” includes any person who, whether as owner, consignor, consignee, agent or broker, is in possession of or is otherwise entitled to the custody or control of the imported goods;

“ingredient” includes an ingredient of an ingredient;

“insanitary conditions” means conditions or circumstances that might cause contamination of any food or render it injurious to health or unfit for human consumption;

“label” includes any tag, brand, mark, pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, painted, embossed or impressed on, or attached to, included in, belonging to or accompanying any food;

“Minister” means the Minister of Health;

“package” includes anything in which or any means by which any food is wholly or partly cased, covered, enclosed, contained, placed or otherwise packed, and includes a basket, pail, bottle, tray or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed;

“premises” —