Singapore legislation
Regulation 184F
Regulation 184F
Prohibition on advertisements relating to Nutri-Grade beverages graded “D”
Subregulation 1
A person must not publish, cause to be published, or take part in the publication of, any advertisement used or apparently used to promote, directly or indirectly, the sale of a Nutri-Grade beverage graded “D”.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to any advertisement —
that does not contain a recommendation relating to the consumption of the Nutri-Grade beverage and is published by means of a catalogue, price list or other document for the purpose of supplying the Nutri-Grade beverage by wholesale;
that provides information about the Nutri-Grade beverage’s name or price or both but does not otherwise promote its sale and is published —
on the corporate website of —
a manufacturer, an importer or a distributor of a Nutri-Grade beverage that is not freshly prepared; or
a seller of a freshly prepared Nutri-Grade beverage;
as part of a product launch that is not accessible to any member of the general public other than an invited guest; or
in the form of a press or media release; (c)that complies with all of the following requirements:
the advertisement is published at a variety shop or an online variety shop;
the advertisement is for a prepacked Nutri-Grade beverage that is not freshly prepared;
the advertisement displays an image of the Nutri-Grade beverage’s Nutri-Grade mark, except that an advertisement that involves communication in an audible message need not display the image but must include the audible message that “The Nutri-Grade of this product is D”; or
that is a menu, poster, sign or other material labelled in accordance with regulation 184D(4A) and (4B).
Subregulation 3
In this regulation —
Definition
“corporate website” means an Internet website of a manufacturer, an importer, a distributor or a seller (called in this definition A) that is accessible by the public and through which the public may obtain information about A or A’s products, but does not include a specified online location;
Definition
“online variety shop” means an online location of sale that sells mainly the variety of things referred to in the definition of “variety shop”;
Definition
“specified online location” means any part of an online location of sale where a prospective consumer is able to select for purchase a Nutri-Grade beverage intended for sale in a specified setting;
Definition
“variety shop” includes a convenience store, grocery shop, supermarket or other establishment however named that sells mainly a variety of food, small household items, toiletries and other small consumer goods.