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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 10 · Misleading or Deceptive Conduct and Other Marketing Offences

177. Definitions for Part 10

(1)

In this Part —

“composition”, in relation to food, includes information about the ingredients or other constituents, or the proportion of ingredients or other constituents, of the food;

“relevant advertising regulations” means —

(a)

the provisions of any regulations made under Part 15 that relate to advertisements; or

(b)

the provisions of the Part 9 Regulations that relate to advertisements;

“relevant regulations” means any of the following that are not relevant advertising regulations:

(a)

the standards or any other regulations made under Part 15;

(b)

the Part 9 Regulations;

“representation” means —

(a)

an express or implied claim or promise; or

(b)

an express or implied statement made in any way,and includes an advertisement or the content of any label.

(2)

In this Part, an advertising of an advertisement is Singapore‑linked if the person who publishes, or causes or authorises the publishing, in Singapore of the advertisement is —

(a)

an individual physically present in Singapore when he or she publishes, or causes or authorises the publishing, in Singapore of the advertisement;

(b)

an entity which is registered in Singapore (even if incorporated outside Singapore), or is incorporated, under any written law, when the entity publishes, or causes or authorises the publishing, in Singapore of the advertisement; or

(c)

a corporation sole or corporation aggregate established under a private Act when it publishes, or causes or authorises the publishing, in Singapore of the advertisement.

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