 
 GROUNDNUT S REGULATION S 
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS  
PART I  - Preliminary  
1. Citation  
2. Interpretation  
 
PART II  
3. Scope  
4. Compliance  
5. Duties  of the Authority to monitor producers , manufacturers  and distributors of 
groundnuts and groundnut products  
6. Duties of producers,  manufacturers and distributors of gr oundnuts  and 
groundnut products  
 
PART III  - Miscellaneous  
7. Offences  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 GROUNDNUT S REGULATION S 
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred on the Vice President under Section 59 of the 
Food Safety and Quality Act, 2011 these Regulations are hereby made.  
 
PART I  - PRELIMINARY  
1. Citation  
 
These Regulations may be cited as Groundnut s Regulation s. 
 
2. Interpretation  
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires –  
“Act” means the Food Safety and Quality Act;  
“Competent Person” has the meaning given to it in the Act;  
“Trade” incudes the sale, distribution, import, export, use of, or other dealing in 
any a rticle in the course of business;  
“Food Business Operator” has the meaning given to it in the Act.  
A word or expression used in these Regulations, which is defined in the Act, has 
the meaning given to it in the Act.  
 
PART II  
3. Scope  
These Regulation s applies to all “stages of production, processing and 
distribution of groundnuts  and groundnut products “ means any stage, from the 
primary production of a food  or feed , its storage, transport, sale or supply to the 
final consumer and, where relevant, the i mportation, production, manufacture, 
storage, transport, distribution, sale and supply of groundnut s and their products.  
 
4. Compliance  
Groundnuts and their products intended for human or animal consumption shall 
be in accordance with guide and standards set out in the schedule.  
 
5. Duties  of the Authority to monitor g roundnut producers, manufacturers  
and distributors  of groundnuts and groundnut products   
 The Authority shall monitor  and ensure  compliance of groundnut producers, 
manufacturers  and dist ributors  in accordance with the guides and standards set 
out in the schedule.  
 
6. Duties of groundnut producers, manufacturers and distributors of 
groundnuts and groundnut products  
A food business operator engaged in producing, manufacturing and distribution of 
groundnut s or their products shall –  
a) Not expose them to rain, excessive humidity at any stage of its storage, 
transportation or sale;  
b) Not supply groundnuts or their products for trade purposes unless the 
practices used to produce, handle, store and transport the products 
comply with good agricultural practices, good hygienic practices, good 
manufacturing practices and good storage practices.  
 
7. Offences  
A Person /Establishment  who contravenes a provision of these  Regulations or an 
order made under these  Regulations shall be guilty of an offence to a fine 
prescribed by the Authority of not less than twenty thousand Dalasis or 
revocation of License or both.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 SCHEDULE  I 
Guides and Standards  
1. General principles of food hygiene [GAMS CAC/RCP 1 -1969]  
2. Gambian standards for peanuts [Gams Codex Stan 200 -1995]  
3. Gambian standard on  peanut butter [Gams  1-2015 ] 
4. International code of hygienic practice for Groundnuts (Peanuts) [CAC/RCP 
22-1979]  
5. Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in 
peanuts [Gams  CAC/RCP 55 -2004 ] 
6. General Standards for contaminants and toxins in food and feed [Codex Stan 
193-1995]  
7. Gambian standards for edible fats and oils [Gams Codex Stan 19 -1981]  
 
 
 
 
 