G/SPS/N/SGP/86  
15 March 2024  
(24-2358) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Singapore Food Agency (SFA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Food Safety and Security Bill (FSSB) - Defined Food and 
Pre-market Approval . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://www.sfa.gov.sg/docs/default -source/default -document -
library/publi cconsultpart5_annex -ii---defined -food-extracted -provisions -from-fssb-version -
7-2(minusnotes).pdf  
6. Description of content:  SFA will be introducing a Food Safety and Security Bill (FSSB) 
which will consolidate Singapore's food -related legislation across the existing Acts into one 
Act, include enhancements to Singapore's food safety regime, and support its food supply 
resilience. As Singapore develops the FSSB, we will notify the relevant regulations to the 
WTO progressively when drafts are ready.  
This notification concerns "Defined Food and Pre -market Approval". For food safety, the 
draft provisions are intended to clarify the responsibility of novel food and GM food 
companies to submit applications t o SFA for pre -market approval prior to the sale of novel 
foods and GM foods in Singapore.  
A "defined food" is food that:  
1. is, consists of or has as an ingredient a novel food in respect of which no pre -market 
approval is granted;  
2. is, consists of or has as a n ingredient a genetically modified food in respect of which no 
pre-market approval is granted; or  
3. is, consists of or has as an ingredient, in any form (whether whole or in parts and 
whether fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, or as flour) an insect -
like species which is not a catalogued insect -like species. The insect regulatory 
framework and list of catalogued insect -like species were already notified via 
G/SPS/N/SGP/79.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/SGP/86  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 4th quarter 2024.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 4th quarter 2024.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 May 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The notified document and public consultation document will be accessible from 15 March 
2024 at the following links:  
• Consultation on defined food and premarket approval  
• Annex I: Table of catalogued insect -like species  
• Annex II: Draft legislation  
• Annex III: Feedback form  
Alternatively, please write in to:  
Regulatory Standards and Veterinary Office  
Singapore Food Agency  
52 Jurong Gateway Road #14 -01 
Singapore 608550  
Tel: +(65) 6805 2912  
Fax: +(65) 6334 1831  
E-mail: SFA-NovelFoods@sfa.gov.sg