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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 8 · Offences Relating to Food Safety

167. Defence in respect of food for export

(1)

In a prosecution of a person for an offence under section 146, 147, 150 or 151 involving a food, it is a defence for the person charged to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that —

(a)

the food in question is to be exported to another country; and

(b)

the food complies with the laws (if any) in force at the time of the alleged offence in the country to which the food is to be exported, being laws that deal with the same subject matter as the provision of this Act is concerned.

(2)

This section does not apply to food that was originally intended for export but was supplied in Singapore.

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