Singapore legislation
Regulation 184A
Regulation 184A
Nutri-Grade beverages
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations, “Nutri-Grade beverage” means any beverage (including any powder or concentrate meant to be reconstituted or diluted with fluids before consumption as a beverage) other than the following: (a)a beverage that contains more than 0.5% (v/v) alcohol at 20ºC; (b)[Deleted by S 451/2023 wef 30/12/2023](c)[Deleted by S 451/2023 wef 30/12/2023](d)a beverage mentioned in paragraph (2).
Subregulation 2
A Nutri-Grade beverage does not include any special purpose food —
for a special medical purpose and that is labelled as being for use under medical supervision;
supplied solely to hospitals, hospices and other residential care facilities like nursing homes for the purpose of providing services to patients in those facilities; (c)that is infant formula;
that is follow-up formula, that is, food intended for use as a liquid part of the weaning for an infant 6 months or older or young children;
that is formula food for use in a weight control diet, that is, formula food presented as a replacement for a person’s total daily diet; (f)that is diabetic food; or
for a person who requires a specific intake of sugar (including but not limited to sucrose) or saturated fat in the person’s diet as a result of a disease, disorder or other condition.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation, “special medical purpose”, in relation to special purpose food, means special purpose food specially processed or formulated and presented for use under medical supervision for the dietary management of a patient —
who has —
limited or impaired capacity to take, digest, absorb or metabolise ordinary food or certain nutrients contained in ordinary food; or (ii)any other special medically-determined nutrient requirement; and (b)whose dietary management cannot be achieved only by modifying that patient’s normal diet or by other special purpose food or both.