S.L. 449.50 Art. 2Applicability. Use of vegetable fats other than cocoa butter.

(1) These regulations shall apply to cocoa and chocolate products intended for human consumption as defined in the First Schedule.

(2) The vegetable fats other than cocoa butter as defined in the

Second Schedule and listed therein may be added to those chocolate products defined in the:

(a) First Schedule, Point I(A)(3) (chocolate);

(b) First Schedule, Point I(A)(4) (milk chocolate);

(c) First Schedule, Point I(A)(5) (family milk chocolate);

(d) First Schedule, Point I(A)(6) (white chocolate);

(e) First Schedule, Point I(A)(8) (chocolate a la taza);

(f) First Schedule, Point I(A)(9) (chocolate familiar a la taza).

(3) The addition permitted under subregulation (2), may not exceed 5% of the finished product, after deduction of the total weight of any other edible matter used in accordance with Part B of the First Schedule, without reducing the minimum content of cocoa butter or total dry cocoa solids.

(4) Chocolate products which, pursuant to subregulations (2) and (3), contain vegetable fats other than cocoa butter may be marketed provided that their labelling is supplemented by a conspicuous and clearly legible statement: ‘contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter’. This statement shall be in the same field of vision as the list of ingredients, clearly separated from that list, in lettering at least as large and in bold with the sales name nearby. Notwithstanding this requirement, the sales name may also appear elsewhere.