Singapore legislation

Clause 19

Amendment of section 56

Section 56 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “appliance” wherever it appears in subsections (1)(b) and (c) and (5) and substituting in each case the words “food contact article”;

(b)

by deleting the word “appliances” wherever it appears in subsections (1)(d) and (i) and (2) and substituting in each case the words “food contact articles”;

(c)

by deleting paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(e)regulating the identification and labelling of food or food contact articles for sale, including specifying the matter that must or must not be contained in any such label and the manner of labelling; (ea)setting out standards for the maintenance, cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene of premises at which a non‑retail food business is carried out;

(eb)setting out requirements and procedures for document control and recording by food businesses to achieve the safety and suitability of food, including —

(i)

the information that must be collected about food or a food contact article; (ii)the periods for which the information must be kept; and

(iii)

how, when and to whom that information must be reported;

(ec)setting out requirements that apply to imported food or food contact articles to ensure that the food or food contact article is safe and suitable, including keeping of records in relation to the source or traceability and handling of the food or food contact article imported;”;

(d)

by deleting paragraph (h) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(h)prohibiting or regulating the promotion and advertising of food and food contact articles, including specifying the matter that must or must not be contained in any advertisement and the manner of promotion and advertising;”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (j) of subsection (1), the following paragraph:“(ja)requiring, regulating or prohibiting the display or distribution, by a prescribed class of retail food businesses, in relation to a prescribed class of food which is sold by retail or displayed for sale by retail at the premises where the food business is carried out, of information of a kind prescribed, including providing for —

(i)

nutritional information that must be determined in a prescribed manner; and

(ii)

display in the manner (such as in a menu in printed or electronic form or a label), and at locations in those premises, prescribed for nutritional information of that kind;”;

(f)

by deleting paragraph (l) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(l)prescribing the fees to be paid in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged;

(la)providing for such saving, transitional and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient;”; and

(g)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(3A) Any food regulation may adopt or incorporate by reference, with or without modification specified in the regulation, any matter contained in any code, standard, rule, requirement, specification or other document, as in force at a particular time or from time to time, which relates to any matter with which the food regulation deals, even if the code, standard, rule, requirement, specification or other document does not yet exist when the food regulation is made.(3B) Any material applied, adopted or incorporated in any food regulation by reference under subsection (3A) is to be treated for all purposes as forming part of the food regulation; and, unless otherwise provided in the food regulation, every amendment to any material incorporated by reference under subsection (3A) that is made by the person or organisation originating the material is, subject to subsection (3C), to be treated as being a part of the food regulation.(3C) Where any material mentioned in subsection (3A) is applied, adopted or incorporated by reference in any food regulation, the Minister must give notice in the Gazette stating —

(a)

that the material is incorporated in the food regulation and the date on which the relevant provision in the food regulation was made; (b)that the material is available for inspection during working hours, free of charge;

(c)

the place where the material can be inspected;

(d)

that copies of the material can be purchased; (e)the place where the material can be purchased; and

(f)

if copies of the material are available in other ways, the details of where or how the material can be accessed or obtained.”.

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