G/TBT/N/SGP/64  
15 March 2022  
(22-2268) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Singapore Food Agency (SFA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Food 
(Amendment No. X) Regulations 2022 (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  SFA proposes to delete the standards of identity for food 
products in Regulations 39 to 260 of the Food Regulations, except where these continue 
to be needed for food safety reasons, or to support policies with an impact on public 
health. The deletion of these standards of identity will be carried out in two Phases:  
1. Phase 1 (tentatively targeted for fourth quarter of 2022)  
2. Phase 2 (tentatively targeted for 2023)  
This notification concerns the deletion of the following Phase 1 standards of identity:  
Regulations to be deleted  
43 Protein -increased flour  
44 Corn flour  
45 Rice flour  
46 Tapioca flour  
50 Fruit bread  
51 Rye bread  
52 Milk bread  
70 Meat paste or pate  
76 Fish paste  
77 Fish cakes and fish balls  
80 Coconut oil  G/TBT/N/SGP/64  
 
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  81 Corn oil  
82 Cottonseed oil  
83 Groundnut oil  
84 Olive oil  
85 Safflower oil  
86 Sesame oil  
87 Soya bean oil  
88 Sunflower seed oil  
108 Whey  
214 Aniseed (Jintan manis)  
215 Caraway seed (Jintan)  
216 Greater Cardamon (Kepulaga Besar) or Lesser Cardamon (Kepulaga Kecil)  
217 Celery seed (Biji Seladeri)  
218 Chilli  
219 Cinnamon (Kayu Manis)  
220 Cloves (Bunga Cengkih)  
221 Coriander (Ketumbar)  
222 Cumin seed (Jintan Putih)  
223 Black Cumin (Jintan Hitam)  
224 Dill seed (Adas Manis)  
225 Fennel fruit or seeds (Adas Pedas)  
226 Fenugreek (Halba)  
227 Ginger  
228 Mace (Jaitree) (Bunga Pala)  
229 Mustard seed (Biji Sawi)  
230 Prepared mustard  
231 Nutmeg (Buah Pala)  
232 Black pepper or pepper corn  
233 White pepper  
234 Star anise (Bunga Pekak)  
235 Tumeric (Kunyit)  
236 Curry powder  
237 Almond essence  
238 Ginger essence  
239 Lemon essence  
240 Lemon oil  
241 Orange essence  
242 Peppermint essence  
243 Rose essence  G/TBT/N/SGP/64  
 
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  244 Vanilla extract  
245 Flavouring essences  
246 Monosodium glutamate  
249 Low-calorie food  
255 Agar  
257 Edible gelatin  
258 Fish crackers  
259 Prawn crackers  
260 Rice  
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Trade facilitation  
8. Relevant documents:   
The following documents are available at the website:  
http://www.sfa.gov.sg/legislation  (select "Sale of Food Act", then click on the relevant 
document titles)  
• Consultation on draft Food (Amendment No. X) Regulations 2022 (Deletion of 
Standards of Identity)  
• Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Food Regulations to delete standards 
of identity for food products (21 June to 20 August 2021)  
• Response to Comments Received from the Public Consultation on Propose d 
Amendments to the Food Regulations to Delete Standards of Identity  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Fourth quarter of 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Fourth quarter of 2022 (6 months from the date of 
notification)  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The draft legal text is available at the following website:  
http://www.sfa.gov.sg/legislation  (select "Sale of Food Act", then click on "Draft Food 
(Amendment No. X) Regulations 2022 (Deletion of Standards of Identity)")  
 
Alternatively, please write in to:  
Singapore Food Agency  
52 Jurong Gateway Road #14 -01 
Singapore 608550  
Tel: +(65) 6805 2912  
Fax: +(65) 6334 1831  
E-mail: WTO_contact@sfa.gov.sg , adelene_yap@sfa.gov. sg