HEALTH (ANTIOXIDANT IN FOOD) REGULATIONS 1972HEALTH(ANTIOXIDANT IN FOOD) REGULATIONS 1972 The Minister for Health in exercise of thepowers conferred on himby sections 5 of the Health Act, 1947 (No.28 of 1947),sub-section (3) of section 38 of the HealthAct, 1953 (No. 26 of1953) and section 6 of the Health Act, 1970(No. 1 of 1970) afterconsultation with the Minister for Industryand Commerce and theMinister for Agriculture and Fisherieshereby makes the followingRegulations:— PART I.PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL. REG 1 1. These Regulations may be cited as theHealth (Antioxidant inFood) Regulations, 1972. REG 2 2. These Regulations shall come intooperation on the first day ofSeptember, 1972. REG 3 3. (1) In these Regulations—"antioxidant" means any substancewhich delays, retards or preventsthe development in food of rancidity orother deterioration offlavour due to oxidation but does notinclude lecithin, ascorbicacid or its salts or esters, tocopherols,citric acid, tartaricacid, phosph...