ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act
33. Power of Cabinet Secretary to obtain particulars of certain food ingredients
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
33. Power of Cabinet Secretary to obtain particulars of certain food ingredients
(1)The Cabinet Secretary may direct any person who at the date of the direction or at any subsequent time carries on a business which includes the production, importation or use of substances of any class to which this Act applies to furnish to him, within such time as may be specified in such direction, such particulars as may be so specified of the composition and use of any such substance sold or for sale in the course of that business or used in the preparation of food or drugs.(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a direction made thereunder may require the following particulars to be furnished in respect of any substance, that is to say—(a)particulars of the composition and chemical formula of the substance;(b)particulars of the manner in which the substance is used or proposed to be used in the preparation of food;(c)particulars of any investigations carried out by or to the knowledge of the person carrying on the business in question, for the purpose of determining whether and to what extent the substance, or any product formed when the substance is used as aforesaid, is injurious to, or in any other way affects health;(d)particulars of any investigations or inquiries carried out by or to the knowledge of the person carrying on the business in question for the purpose of determining the cumulative effect on the health of a person consuming the substance in ordinary quantities.(3)No particulars furnished in accordance with a direction under this section, and no information relating to any individual business obtained by means of such particulars shall, without the previous consent in writing of the person carrying on the business in question, be disclosed except—(a)in accordance with regulations made by the Cabinet Secretary, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of section 26;(b)for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against the order or any report of those proceedings, and any person who discloses any such particulars or information in contravention of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence.