Singapore legislation
Regulation 13A
Regulation 13A
Sale and supply of catered food
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), no licensee of a catering establishment shall sell or supply any food for consumption which has been maintained at a temperature not below 5°C and not above 60°C for an aggregate period exceeding 4 hours after it was first prepared for consumption.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any prepacked food which is sold or supplied —
sealed in its original packaging or wrapping; and
stored in accordance with any storage condition specified on its packaging or wrapping.
Subregulation 3
Any licensee who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 4
Nothing in this regulation shall affect any obligation of a licensee of a catering establishment under the Act to ensure that any food sold or supplied by him is fit for human consumption.
Subregulation 5
In this regulation and regulation 13B —
food is first prepared for consumption —
in the case of food which is cooked, when any component of the food is first wholly or partially cooked;
in the case of food which is ordinarily consumed raw, when any component of the food is first sliced, peeled or otherwise prepared for consumption; or
in the case of prepacked food, when the packaging or wrapping of the prepacked food is first opened,and in the case of food which consists of any combination of food referred to in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), at the earliest time that any component of the food is first prepared for consumption, determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), as the case may be; and
“prepacked food” means any food packed or made up in advance ready for sale in a package or wrapper and which is subject to the labelling requirements of regulation 5 of the Food Regulations (Cap. 283, Rg 1) and not exempted by regulation 6 of those Regulations.