REG ULATIO NS RELATING TO METALS IN FO O DSTUFFS G ov ern m en t No t ice No . R . 15 1 8 o f 9 S ep t em b er 1 99 4 T he Mi n is t e r o f Hea lt h has in t erm s of section 15(1) of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1 97 2 (A ct N o. 5 4 o f 19 7 2) , made t he regu l at i o ns i n th e S ched ul e . S CHEDULE D ef i n i t i on s 1 . In t h es e reg u la t i on s “the Act” means the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act N o. 5 4 o f 1 9 72 ) an d an y ex pres si o n t o which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall bear s uch meani n g. 2 . F or t he p urp os es o f s ec t i on 2(1 ) (b ) ( i) o f t h e A ct i n s o far as it is applied and applicable to fo od s tu ffs, any foo d st u ffs l i st ed i n th e An n ex u re t o t h ese regulations shall be deemed to be con t ami n at ed, i mp u re o r d ecayed or harmful or injurious to human health if it contains the metals l ead , co p per , m ercu ...