Singapore legislation
Regulation 37
Regulation 37
Containers for food
Subregulation 1
No person shall import, sell, consign or deliver, or use or permit to be used in the preparation, packing, storage or delivery of, any food for sale if any package or container —
contains more than 1 ppm of vinyl chloride monomer;
yields, or is likely to yield, to its contents more than 0.01 ppm of vinyl chloride monomer; or
yields, or is likely to yield, to its contents any compounds known to be carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic or any other poisonous or injurious substance.
Subregulation 2
No person shall import, sell, consign or deliver, use or permit to be used any appliance, container or vessel that is intended for use in the storage, preparation or cooking of food, and is either capable of imparting lead, antimony, arsenic, cadmium or any other toxic substance to any food stored, prepared or cooked in it.
Subregulation 3
Nothing in paragraph (2) shall prohibit the import, sale, consignment, delivery or use of any ceramic food ware where —
the maximum amount of lead in any one of six units examined is not more than 3.0 mcg of lead per ml of leaching solution in the case of a flatware with an internal depth of not more than 25 mm;
the maximum amount of lead in any one of six units examined is not more than 2.0 mcg of lead per ml of leaching solution in the case of a small hollow-ware with a capacity of less than 1.1 litres but excluding cups and mugs;
the maximum amount of lead in any one of six units examined is not more than 1.0 mcg of lead per ml of leaching solution in the case of a large hollow-ware with a capacity of 1.1 litres or more but excluding pitchers;
the maximum amount of lead in any one of six units examined is not more than 0.5 mcg of lead per ml of leaching solution in the case of cups and mugs; and
the maximum amount of lead in any one of six units examined is not more than 0.5 mcg of lead per ml of leaching solution in the case of pitchers.
Subregulation 4
No person shall use any lead piping for the conveyance of beer, cider or other beverages or liquid food.