Food Safety and Security Act 2025 · Updated to 1 Jul 2026 · Part 3 · Import, Export and Transhipment
43. Matter to which Part 3 applies
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Part applies only to the following:
the export of any export‑controlled item;
the import of any import‑controlled item;
the transhipment of any transhipment‑controlled item.
This Part does not apply to or in relation to —
any food, or any prepacked food additive preparation, that is imported for private consumption;
any controlled item that is sea, air or railway stores on board a vessel, an aircraft or a train furnished under section 39(1) or 41(1) of the Customs Act 1960; and
any eggs that are imported —
only for poultry breeding; or
only for the breeding of egg‑laying birds for the purpose of collecting for human consumption eggs laid by such birds.
Subject to section 86, this Part does not apply to or in relation to any of the following:
any export of an export‑controlled item before the commencement of this Part;
any import of an import‑controlled item before the commencement of this Part;
any transhipment of a transhipment‑controlled item entering Singapore before the commencement of this Part.
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