Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Inspection of meat products and fish products upon import or prior to export
(1)
Any person who has imported any meat product or fish product into Singapore or who intends to export any meat product or fish product from Singapore shall forthwith arrange, at his own expense, for the meat product or fish product to be inspected, examined and certified by an authorised examiner before it is sold or distributed or exported, as the case may be.
(2)
Where any meat product or fish product which has been inspected and examined by an authorised examiner under subsection (1) is found by the authorised examiner to be diseased, adulterated or otherwise unfit for human consumption —
the authorised examiner shall issue to the person who imported or who intends to export the meat product or fish product a certificate stating his finding; and
the person who imported, or who intends to export, the meat product or fish product shall, at his own expense and within the prescribed time —
in the case of an imported meat product or fish product, remove the meat product or fish product from Singapore or destroy or otherwise dispose of the meat product or fish product in the prescribed manner; or
in the case of any meat product or fish product which is intended for export, destroy or otherwise dispose of the meat product or fish product in the prescribed manner.
(3)
Where a person who has imported, or who intends to export, any meat product or fish product fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2)(b), he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(4)
Where a person to whom paragraph (b) of subsection (2) applies fails to comply with that paragraph, any veterinary public health officer may take such steps as he thinks fit to secure the removal, destruction or disposal of the meat product or fish product and recover any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by him from that person.