Sale of Food Act 1973 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · Food Safety Measures
10F. Direction to recall food or food contact article
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The Director‑General may give any direction in subsection (2) to persons described in section 10A —
Director‑General
“Director‑General” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 3(1);
for the purpose of examining, rectifying, controlling, or disposing of food or a food contact article, after taking into account any relevant information or warnings about food or a food contact article that the Director‑General has received from authorised officers, or an international organisation or authority; or
if the Director‑General has reasonable grounds to believe that the direction is necessary —
to prevent or reduce the possibility of a serious danger to public health; or
to mitigate the adverse consequences of a serious danger to public health.
The directions are —
to recall food or a food contact article that is not safe or suitable or the safety or suitability of which is in doubt;
to recall a food contact article that has, or for which there is doubt about whether it has, contaminated food or caused food to be no longer safe or suitable; (c)to recall a food contact article if there is doubt about whether it may contaminate food;
to recall food or a food contact article that is mislabelled or incorrectly identified;
to take food or a food contact article recalled under any of paragraphs (a) to (d) to —
a place specified in the directions; or
a place agreed to between the Director‑General and the person to whom the directions are given; or
any directions that may be given under section 10G, as appropriate.
A direction to recall food or a food contact article may specify the manner in which, and must specify the period within which, the recall is to be conducted and completed.
A person who is required by a direction to recall food or a food contact article must give written notice to the Director‑General of the completion of the recall as soon as practicable after that completion.
food contact article
“food contact article” means the whole or any part of any utensil, machinery, instrument, device, apparatus, container, appliance or article that is used, or that is designed or intended for use, in or in connection with the handling of food, but does not include any pipe, water fitting, apparatus or appliance used for the supply of water by the Public Utilities Board;
If a person to whom the direction is given under this section fails or refuses to comply with it, the Director‑General may —
take any reasonable steps necessary to ensure control of the food or food contact article (including entry by authorised officers to a place under a warrant); and
recover the costs and expenses reasonably incurred in assuming control of the food or food contact article as a debt due from the person to whom the direction was given.
This section does not prevent the Agency exercising its power under section 10I.
Agency
“Agency” means the Singapore Food Agency established by the Singapore Food Agency Act 2019;