Singapore legislation
Regulation 27A
Regulation 27A
Pathogen reduction treatments
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations, “pathogen reduction treatment” means any antimicrobial substance that, when applied on food, reduces the food’s microbial load.
Subregulation 2
A person must not use a pathogen reduction treatment on meat except in accordance with paragraph (4).
Subregulation 3
A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any meat that contains any pathogen reduction treatment other than those specified in the first column, and in the proportion specified for the type of meat in the second, third or fourth column of the Seventeenth Schedule.
Subregulation 4
A person may use a pathogen reduction treatment on meat (other than minced meat or chopped meat within the meaning given by regulation 64(1)) if —
the meat has not been salted, marinated or preserved or undergone any other form of processing;
the pathogen reduction treatment is used in the course of carrying on a non‑retail food business —
at a processing establishment licensed under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999 to debone or cut meat; or
at a slaughter-house licensed under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999;
the pathogen reduction treatment is applied on the meat as a rinse, dip, spray or wash;
the pathogen reduction treatment is not used to make contaminated meat fit for human consumption; and
the person records the following details for the use of the pathogen reduction treatment and keeps the record for at least 6 months after the date of use:
the type and amount of pathogen reduction treatment used;
the stage where the pathogen reduction treatment is used in the process flow of the processing establishment or slaughter-house mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b), as the case may be;
the date of use.
Subregulation 5
In this regulation —
Definition
“contaminated meat” includes meat —
that has come into contact with any unclean surface;
that after evisceration, remains visibly mixed with faeces; or
of a diseased animal;
Definition
“processing establishment” has the meaning given by the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999;
Definition
“slaughter-house” has the meaning given by the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999.