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1. Short title and commencement- (1) These regulations may be called the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Second Amendment Regulations, 2021. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, in regulation 2.2, in sub-regulation 2.2.4 relating to Edible fats, after clause 11 relating to Peanut Butter, the following clause shall be inserted, namely- “12. Shea butter.- Shea butter means the product obtained by pressing and extraction from shea kernels derived from Shea tree (Butyrospermum parkii). It shall be refined to make it fit for human consumption. The refined shea butter may be used as such or fractionated using dry fractionation or solvent fractionation technique to obtain stearin/olein fractions to be suitably used for different food applications. Shea butter shall be free from admixture with other oils and fats and free from adulterants, any foreign matter or added colouring substance. It shall be clear on melting. It shall conform to the following standards: