Government Gazette REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Regulation Gazette No. 7870 Vol. 463 Pretoria 16 January 2004 No. 25908AIDS HELPLINE: 0800-0123-22 Prevention is the cure STAATSKOERANT, 16 JANUARIE 2004 No. 25908 3 GOVERNMENT OTICES GOEWERMENTSKENNISGEWINGS No. R. 25 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DEPARTEMENT VAN GESONDHEID 16 January 2004 REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE LABELLING OF FOODSTUFFS OBTAINED THROUGH CERTAIN TECHNIQUES OF GENETIC MODIFICATION The Minister of Health, has in terms of section 15(1) of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act , 1972 (Act No. 54 of 1972), made the regulations in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Definitions 1 In these regulations any expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear that meaning and, unless the context indicates otherwise - “allergen” means a substance that causes an allergic reaction; “certain techniques of genetic modification” means the application of - (a) in vitro nucleic acid techniques, including recombina...