Singapore legislation

Regulation 9A

Exceptions from prohibitions on claims on labels

Amended byS 49/2016 wef 02/02/2016S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019

Subregulation 1

The claims set out in the first column of the Fourteenth Schedule may be made on prepacked foods that meet the corresponding criteria set out opposite in the second column.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 49/2016 wef 02/02/2016

In the case of prepacked foods where the addition of phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters is approved under regulation 250A, the following claim may be made in a label:“Plant sterols/stanols have been shown to lower/reduce blood cholesterol. High blood cholesterol is a risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019

In the case of prepacked foods that have added to it barley beta‑glucan or oat beta‑glucan and meet the criteria in paragraph (4), the following claim may be made in a label:“Barley beta‑glucans/Oat beta‑glucans have been shown to lower/reduce blood cholesterol. High blood cholesterol is a risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease.”.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019S 152/2017 wef 01/04/2017S 59/2019 wef 01/02/2019

The criteria mentioned in paragraph (3) are —

(a)

the cholesterol, saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids present in the food are within the following levels:

(i)

in the case of solid food —

(A)

not more than 20 mg of cholesterol per 100 g;

(B)

not more than 1.5 g of saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids per 100 g; and

(C)

not more than 10% of kilocalories from saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids;

(ii)

in the case of liquid food —

(A)

not more than 10 mg of cholesterol per 100 ml;

(B)

not more than 0.75 g of saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids per 100 ml; and (C)not more than 10% of kilocalories from saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids; and

(b)

the label of the food must contain —

(i)

a statement or statements to the like effect that consumption of at least 3 g of barley beta‑glucans or oat beta‑glucans (as the case may be) in a day has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels; and

(ii)

a nutrition information panel in the form specified in the Twelfth Schedule or in such other similar form as may be acceptable to the Director‑General, specifying the amounts of barley beta‑glucan or oat beta‑glucan (as the case may be), cholesterol, saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids, contained in the food.

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