As of 23 April 2019  
 
 FOOD REGULATIONS 1985  
 
Amendment of R egulation 1 61 – Canned fish  
 
1. Regulation 161 is amended by inserting after subregulation (2)  the following 
subregulation: - 
 
 
“(2A) Canned fish shall not contain two or more visible parasites per 
kg of the sample unit with a capsular diameter greater than 3  mm or a 
parasite not encapsulated and greater than 10 mm in length  
 
(2B) For the purpose of these regulations, subregulation (2A) shall 
applies only to canned sardine and canned mackerel.”.  
 
  