Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Made in Philippine Ok la - Mocca Cake



 
Mocca Cake is a delight snack at any time, but especially when strewn and smell  with Mocca flavor, the flip side the cake there was not much of filling but the overall packaging  basically confirm compliance with minimum legal regulation :- Selling at Peso 8 
A common name or a description which is sufficient to indicate the true nature of the food product should be included a complete list of ingredients used in the food should be declared. If the respective quantities of the ingredients are not disclosed, they should be listed in descending order of the proportions by weight in which they are present. In other words, the ingredients listed at the top of the list should be the one that weighed the most.If the colouring matter, tartrazine is used, it must be stated in the list of ingredients as either "tartrazine", or "colour (102)" or "colour (FD&C Yellow #5)" or similar words.The minimum quantity of the food in the package expressed in terms of volumetric measure (eg. ml, litres) or net weight (eg, g,kg) or any other measure should be printed on the label to indicate the quantity of the contents. In the case of weight measure, suitable words like "Net" shall be used to describe the manner of measure.The name and address of the manufacturer, packer or local vendor should be printed on the label of a food of local origin. In the case of an imported food, the label should indicate the name and address of the local importer, distributor or agent. Telegraphic, facsimile and post office address are not acceptable.The name of the country of origin of the food should be indicated on the label for imported food. The name of a city, town or province alone is not sufficient to indicate the origin of the product. A review on the minimum weight declaration requirement for prepacked foods under the Food Regulations, so as to keep abreast with the latest international guidelines, and ensure consistency in food product weight declaration at the national level..
The Food Regulations currently require prepacked foods to have the minimum quantities of their contents present in the package declared in terms of volumetric measure or net weight in their labels.  However, the weight measures of prepacked goods in general are also governed by the Weights and Measures Act and its Regulations, and these gazettes have been amended to replace the Minimum Quantity System (MQS) with the latest internationally accepted Average Quantity System (AQS).  The Weights and Measures Act and its Regulations are administered by WMO. WMO is now actively promoting adoption of AQS among the local industries. AQS is an internationally recognised system for determining deficiencies in prepacked goods, which provides fairness to packers, manufacturers and consumers. Packers/manufacturers can increase productivity by reducing overfill needed to assure correct quantity. Consumers can be assured that prepacked goods purchased are on average equal to nominal quantity.

Internationally, the AQS has already been adopted by major developed countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, the United States and member states of the European Union.  At the ASEAN level, the AQS concept has also been incorporated in the document entitled “ASEAN Common Requirements of Pre-packaged Products”, which was adopted by the Working Group of ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality in August 2007.





                   

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