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Part 7 · Food Safety and Sustainable Primary Production Measures

132. Privileged statements

(1)

The Agency may publish in Singapore a statement for the purpose of protecting human health or informing the general public.

(2)

The statement may be about all or any of the following:

(a)

the safety or suitability of food or a regulated food contact article;

(b)

anything contained or implied in advertisements about food or a regulated food contact article, generally or in a particular advertisement, or in a class or classes of advertisements;

(c)

the performance or non‑performance of any function or duty imposed on any person by any provision of this Act.

(3)

The statement is protected by qualified privilege.

(4)

This is not a delegable function of the Agency.

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Part 8

Offences Relating to Food Safety

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Part 9

Food and Health Promotion

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Part 10

Misleading or Deceptive Conduct and Other Marketing Offences

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Part 11

Certain Agri-Food Production Inputs

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Part 12

Appeals

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Part 13

Monitoring and Enforcement

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Part 14

Administration

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Part 15

Regulations and Codes

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Part 16

Miscellaneous

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Part 17

Amendments to Other Acts and Final Provisions

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Schedules

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