Singapore legislation

Clause 129

Direction to manage food, regulated food contact article, etc.

(1)

The Director‑General may give a direction in subsection (2) to any person described in section 119(1) if the Director‑General —

(a)

reasonably believes —

(i)

that food or a regulated food contact article which is already the subject of a direction under section 126 is unsafe or unsuitable, or is a defined food, and further controls are required; or

(ii)

that a live food producing animal, which is already the subject of a movement control direction, is a biosecurity carrier; or

(b)

recalls food or a regulated food contact article under section 128.

(2)

The direction may be about doing or not doing all or any of the following to the food, regulated food contact article or live food producing animal:

(a)

condemning or destroying it;

(b)

disposing of or re‑exporting it;

(c)

identifying it;

(d)

processing and handling it or re-processing it;

(e)

labelling or relabelling it;

(f)

storing it;

(g)

transporting it;

(h)

examining, sampling or testing it;

(i)

advertising or selling it.

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