Singapore legislation

Regulation 33

of Food Regulations

Regulation 33

Veterinary drug residues

Amended byS 203/2023 wef 28/04/2023

Subregulation 1

In these Regulations, “veterinary drug” means a substance applied or administered to a food producing animal (including a meat-producing or milk-producing animal, poultry, a fish or a bee) whether or not the substance is used for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic purpose or for modification of physiological functions or behaviour.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 203/2023 wef 28/04/2023

A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food that contains any veterinary drug residue unless —

(a)

the article of food is a tissue of an animal specified in the Eighteenth Schedule and the amount of veterinary drug residue does not exceed the maximum residue limit specified in that Schedule for the tissue; or

(b)

the article of food is manufactured using, or mixed with, the tissue of an animal specified in the Eighteenth Schedule and the amount of veterinary drug residue does not exceed the maximum residue limit specified in that Schedule for the quantity of the tissue in the article of food.