Singapore legislation

Regulation 31

of Food Regulations

Regulation 31

Heavy metals, arsenic and lead

Amended byS 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019S 695/2021 wef 01/10/2021S 695/2021 wef 01/10/2021S 816/2014 wef 15/12/2014S 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011S 695/2021 wef 01/10/2021S 816/2014 wef 15/12/2014

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food containing arsenic and lead in amounts in excess of those specified in the Tenth Schedule.

Subregulation 2

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any seaweed containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 2 ppm.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any polished rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.2 ppm.

Subregulation 2B

Amended byS 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any husked rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.35 ppm.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 695/2021 wef 01/10/2021S 695/2021 wef 01/10/2021S 816/2014 wef 15/12/2014

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver —

(a)

any predatory fish containing mercury in excess of 1 ppm;

(b)

any other fish, or any fish product, containing mercury in excess of 0.5 ppm;

(ba)any salt containing mercury in excess of 0.1 ppm; or

(c)

any other food containing mercury in excess of 0.05 ppm.

Subregulation 4

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any food containing tin in excess of 250 ppm.

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 195/2011 wef 15/04/2011S 695/2021 wef 01/10/2021

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any molluscs or dried mushrooms containing cadmium in excess of 1 ppm, or any seaweed containing cadmium in excess of 2 ppm, or any cocoa, cocoa products or salt containing cadmium in excess of 0.5 ppm, or any other food containing cadmium in excess of 0.2 ppm.

Subregulation 6

No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any food containing antimony in excess of 1 ppm.

Subregulation 7

Amended byS 816/2014 wef 15/12/2014

In paragraph (3), “predatory fish” means any fish of a species listed in the Fifteenth Schedule.