Singapore legislation
Section 10D
Section 10D
General corrective action direction
(1)
The Director-General may give a direction to any of the persons described in section 10A about the taking of preventative or corrective action in respect of food or a food contact article that the Director‑General reasonably believes is necessary (whether or not from the report of an authorised analyst or authorised officer) to ensure compliance with an applicable requirement of this Act with respect to food or food contact articles.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), “corrective action”, in the case of a direction given to a food business, includes requiring the proprietor of the food business to do any one or more of the following:
take specified steps to ensure that food raised, cultivated, harvested, caught, prepared, sold or otherwise handled at the premises at which the food business is carried out is safe and suitable;
take specified steps to ensure that those premises, or any vehicle, plant, food contact article, machinery or equipment used on those premises in connection with any food raised, cultivated, harvested, caught, prepared, sold or otherwise handled at those premises is cleaned and disinfected or put into an altered condition to the satisfaction of an authorised officer; (c)ensure that any applicable requirement of this Act with respect to food or food contact articles is complied with;
until the corrective action in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is complied with, ensure that —
the premises at which the food business is carried out, or a specified area of the premises, is not used for the raising, cultivation, harvesting, catching, preparation, sale or other handling of food or an activity connected with food specified in the direction;
any vehicle, plant, food contact article, machinery or equipment on those premises is not used in connection with the raising, cultivation, harvesting, catching, preparation, sale or other handling of food or an activity connected with food specified in the direction; or
any food or class of food specified in the direction is not removed from those premises, for any purpose (including any purpose specified in the direction) or in any circumstances specified in the direction, for the period of time that is specified in the direction.