Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 4 · Food Businesses
103. Deployment of untrained food workers
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person commits an offence if —
the person is the holder of a food business licence for a licensable food business;
the person causes or allows an individual to carry out any work as a food worker in the course of the operations of the licensable food business;
the individual is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business; and
the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the individual is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business.
An individual commits an offence if —
the individual is the holder of a food business licence for a licensable food business;
the individual carries out any work as a food worker in the course of the operations of the licensable food business;
the individual is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business; and
the individual knows, or ought reasonably to know, that he or she is not registered as a food worker, generally or in respect of that licensable food business.
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction —
where the person is an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or
where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
where the person is not an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $30,000; or
where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $60,000.
In subsection (3), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under this section, means a person who —
is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and (b)has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of an offence under this section.
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Defined Food and Pre-Market Approval
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Provision of Non-Packaged Drinking Water
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Food Safety and Sustainable Primary Production Measures
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Offences Relating to Food Safety
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Food and Health Promotion
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Certain Agri-Food Production Inputs
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