Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 8 · Offences Relating to Food Safety
162. Supplying hazardous food contact article
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person commits an offence if —
the person supplies an object in the course of a business;
the object is a hazardous food contact article; and
the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the object is a hazardous food contact article.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —
where the person is an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months or to both; or
where the person is not an individual —
to a fine not exceeding $50,000; or
where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $100,000.
In subsection (2), “repeat offender”, in relation to an offence under subsection (1), means a person who —
is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and
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 subsection (1).
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