Singapore legislation
Regulation 184D
Regulation 184D
Nutri-Grade mark
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations, “Nutri-Grade mark” means a mark indicating the following information for a Nutri-Grade beverage:
its grade; (b)its percentage of sugar content per 100 ml, determined according to paragraph 6 of the Sixteenth Schedule and rounded to the nearest whole number.
Subregulation 2
[Deleted by S 451/2023 wef 30/12/2023]
Subregulation 3
A person required by regulation 184B(1) to ensure a prepacked Nutri-Grade beverage that is not freshly prepared and is intended for sale in a specified setting is graded —
may label, or cause to be labelled, the package of a Nutri-Grade beverage with a Nutri-Grade mark if the Nutri-Grade beverage’s grade is “A” or “B”; (b)must ensure the package of a Nutri-Grade beverage is labelled with a Nutri-Grade mark if the Nutri-Grade beverage’s grade is “C” or “D”; and
if the package is labelled in accordance with sub‑paragraph (a) or (b), must ensure the Nutri-Grade mark is labelled on the front-of-pack (called in this regulation the FOP) of the package, that is, the face of the package —
where the Nutri-Grade beverage’s name and brand (if there is a brand) appear; and
that is in a prospective consumer’s principal field of vision.
Subregulation 4
For the purpose of paragraph (3), where more than one unit of prepacked Nutri-Grade beverage is packaged for sale as a single item, the requirement to ensure the FOP of the package is labelled under that paragraph may be satisfied —
by ensuring the FOP of the package to be sold as a single item is labelled with a Nutri-Grade mark in respect of each type of Nutri-Grade beverage within the package and the package includes a statement that each unit in the package must not be sold separately or a statement to the like effect; or (b)where the package to be sold as a single item is wholly transparent, by ensuring the FOP of each unit within the transparent package is labelled and ensuring that the Nutri-Grade mark is clearly visible through the transparent package.
Subregulation 4A
Where a person is required by regulation 184B(1) to ensure a Nutri-Grade beverage intended for sale in a specified setting is graded and the person uses a menu, poster, sign or other material to inform a prospective consumer that the Nutri-Grade beverage is for sale —
if the Nutri-Grade beverage’s grade is “A” or “B” — the person may label, or cause to be labelled, each listing of the Nutri-Grade beverage in the menu, poster, sign or other material with a Nutri-Grade mark that is either next to or in direct relation to each listing; or
if the Nutri-Grade beverage’s grade is “C” or “D” — the person must ensure that each listing of the Nutri-Grade beverage in the menu, poster, sign or other material is labelled with a Nutri-Grade mark that is either next to or in direct relation to each listing.
Subregulation 4B
Where a person labels, or causes to be labelled, a menu, poster, sign or other material in accordance with paragraph (4A)(a), or is required to ensure a menu, poster, sign or other material is labelled in accordance with paragraph (4A)(b), the person must ensure —
if the Nutri-Grade beverage is one for which a prospective consumer may customise the amount of at least one ingredient in the Nutri-Grade beverage — that the menu, poster, sign or other material includes a description of how the Nutri-Grade beverage that the Nutri-Grade mark is based on is customised; and
if a topping may be added to the freshly prepared Nutri-Grade beverage — that the menu, poster, sign or other material includes a sugar declaration in relation to the topping.
Subregulation 4C
The requirement in paragraph (4B)(b) may be satisfied in respect of a topping by a sugar declaration for the topping when the topping is added to any freshly prepared Nutri-Grade beverage listed on the menu, poster, sign or other material, even if the person allows the topping to be added to more than one type of such beverage.
Subregulation 4D
Where a person sells a Nutri-Grade beverage in a specified setting from a consumer-facing automated beverage dispenser —
if the Nutri-Grade beverage’s grade is “A” or “B” — the person may label, or cause to be labelled, the Nutri-Grade beverage with a Nutri-Grade mark in accordance with paragraph (4E); and
if the Nutri-Grade beverage’s grade is “C” or “D” — the person must ensure that the Nutri-Grade beverage is labelled with a Nutri-Grade mark in accordance with paragraph (4E).
Subregulation 4E
For the purpose of paragraph (4D) —
the label must be on, or near to, the automated beverage dispenser; and
if more than one beverage is available from the automated beverage dispenser, the label must be next to or in direct relation to the image or text listing of the Nutri-Grade beverage.
Subregulation 5
A Nutri-Grade mark, and any sugar declaration under paragraph (4B)(b), must comply with the specifications in the document known as “Specifications of the Nutri Grade mark and Sugar Declaration” published by the Health Promotion Board, as in force from time to time.