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Food (Amendment) Regulations 2019 - Singapore Statutes Online
2 Amendment of regulation 9A
3 Amendment of regulation 16A
8 Amendment of regulation 32
9 Amendment of regulation 36
10 Amendment of regulation 63
11 Amendment of regulation 67
12 Amendment of regulation 74
13 Amendment of regulation 78
15 Amendment of Part I of Fourth Schedule
16 Amendment of Part II of Fifth Schedule
18 Deletion and substitution of Part III of Seventh Schedule
19 Amendment of Eighth Schedule
20 Amendment of Tenth Schedule
21 Amendment of Thirteenth Schedule
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Sale of Food Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations are the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 1 February 2019.
2. Regulation 9A of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —
(a) by inserting, immediately after the word “beta‑glucan” in paragraph (3), the words “or oat beta‑glucan”;
(b) by deleting the word “beta‑glucans” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “beta‑glucans/Oat beta‑glucans”;
(c) by inserting, immediately after the words “barley beta‑glucans” in paragraph (4)(b)(i), the words “or oat beta‑glucans (as the case may be)”; and
(d) by inserting, immediately after the words “barley beta‑glucan” in paragraph (4)(b)(ii), the words “or oat beta‑glucan (as the case may be)”.
3. Regulation 16A(3) of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (c); and
(b) by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (d) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:
“(e) lactobacillus milk drinks or cultured milk drinks;
(f) flavoured milk;
(g) ready-to-drink coffee;
(h) ready-to-drink tea.”.
4. Regulation 18 of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3A), the following paragraph:
“(3B) Monk fruit extract may be added to any food in accordance with good manufacturing practice for food additives as described in section 3.3 of the preamble of the Codex General Standard for Food Additives (CODEX STAN 192‑1995), if the monk fruit extract contains —
(a) mogroside V of not less than 20% (w/w) and not more than 90% (w/w);
(b) not more than 1 mg/kg lead;
(c) not more than 1 mg/kg arsenic;
(d) not more than 5% (w/w) ash; and
(e) not more than 6% (w/w) moisture.”.
5. Regulation 19(2) of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by deleting the words “or tartaric acid” in sub‑paragraph (a)(iii) and substituting the words “tartaric acid, or propionic acid”;
(b) by deleting sub‑paragraph (v) of sub‑paragraph (b);
(c) by deleting “6” in sub‑paragraph (b)(vi) and substituting “5”; and
(d) by deleting “7” in sub‑paragraph (b)(vii) and substituting “6”.
6. Regulation 22(2) of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “namely,”, the word “1,3‑propanediol,”.
7. Regulation 31 of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by deleting the words “, lead and copper” in paragraph (1) and in the regulation heading and substituting in each case the words “and lead”; and
“(2B) A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any husked rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.35 ppm.”.
8. Regulation 32(3) of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “products,”, the words “liquid egg analogues,”.
9. Regulation 36(3) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “, and which shall be marked with the word “SEALED” on the shell” in sub‑paragraph (f).
10. Regulation 63(2) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “and may contain formaldehyde incidentally absorbed in the processing in proportion not exceeding 5 ppm”.
11. Regulation 67 of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2).
Amendment of regulation 74
12. Regulation 74 of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “and may contain formaldehyde incidentally absorbed in processing in proportion not exceeding 5 ppm”.
13. Regulation 78 of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
“(2A) Edible fats and oils must not contain copper in excess of —
(a) 0.1 ppm in the case of refined fats and oils;
(b) 0.4 ppm in the case of virgin or cold-pressed fats and oils; and
(c) 0.4 ppm in the case of lard, rendered pork fat, premier jus (oleo stock) and dripping (edible tallow).”.
14. The Third Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of item (g) of the table in paragraph 1, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following item:
“(h) Breakfast cereals
200 (on a fat or oil basis)
100 (on a fat or oil basis)”.
15. Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by deleting column 5 (relating to “Propionic acid”) and its corresponding entries;
(b) by renumbering column 6 as column 5;
(c) by renumbering column 7 as column 6;
(d) by deleting the item “Christmas pudding”;
(e) by inserting, immediately below the item “Crustaceans, uncooked”, the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
Custard fillings and toppings (egg-based)
(f) by inserting, immediately below the item “Fat spread”, the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
Fillings and toppings based on fat emulsion
Amendment of Part II of Fifth Schedule
16. Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “and lycopene” in paragraph 2(a) and substituting the words “, lycopene and paprika extract”.
17. The Sixth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by deleting the words “and calcium” in the item “Caseinate, sodium and calcium” and substituting the words “, calcium and potassium”;
(b) by inserting, immediately after the word “sodium;” in the item “Cellulose, methyl, ethyl, methyl ethyl, hydroxy propyl and hydroxy propyl methyl derivatives of; carboxy methyl cellulose; croscarmellose sodium”, the words “enzymatically hydrolysed sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (cellulose gum, enzymatically hydrolysed);”;
(c) by inserting, immediately after the item “Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccinate;”, the following item:
“Ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose;”; and
(d) by deleting the full-stop at the end of the item “Sorbitan monostearate; sorbitan tristearate; sorbitan mono‑palmitate; sorbitan monolaurate; sorbitan mono‑oleate” and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following item:
“Tamarind seed polysaccharide.”.
Deletion and substitution of Part III of Seventh Schedule
18. Part III of the Seventh Schedule to the Food Regulations is deleted and the following Part substituted therefor:
“Part III: AMINO ACIDS
L-Isoleucine monohydrochloride
L-Leucine monohydrochloride
L-Valine”.
19. The Eighth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by inserting, immediately after the item “Citric acid” in Part 1, the following items:
“Cyclotetraglucose;
Cyclotetraglucose syrup;”;
(b) by inserting, immediately after the item “Magnesium hydroxide” in Part 1, the following item:
“Magnesium hydroxide carbonate;”;
(c) by inserting, immediately after the item “Polyethylene glycol” in Part 1, the following item:
“Polyvinylpyrrolidone, insoluble (polyvinylpolypyrrolidone);”;
(d) by inserting, immediately after the item “Sodium citrate” in Part 1, the following item:
“Sodium fumarate;”;
(e) by inserting, immediately after the item “Trehalose” in Part 1, the following item:
“Triammonium citrate;”;
(f) by deleting the item “Alpha‑acetolactate decarboxylase” and its corresponding entries under heading (C) of Part 2 and substituting the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
(g) by inserting, immediately below the item “Amylomaltase” under heading (C) of Part 2, the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
(h) by deleting the item “Beta‑amylase” and its corresponding entries under heading (C) of Part 2 and substituting the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
(i) by deleting the item “Beta‑galactosidase (or lactase)” and its corresponding entries under heading (C) of Part 2 and substituting the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
Kluyveromyces lactis4
Kluyveromyces marxianus5
(j) by deleting the items “Endo‑1,4‑beta‑xylanase” and “Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase) and their corresponding entries under heading (C) of Part 2 and substituting the following items and their corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
Rasamsonia emersonii6
Humicola lanuginosa10
Disporotrichum dimorphosphorum
emersonii6
Trichoderma longibrachiatum3
Thermopolyspora flexuosa11
Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)
Gloeephyllum trabeum
Penicillum oxalicum
(k) by inserting, immediately below the item “Peroxidase” under heading (C) of Part 2, the following item and its corresponding entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
(l) by inserting, immediately after the words “oryzin (EC 3.4.21.63)” in footnote 17 under heading (C) of Part 2, the words “and subtilisin (EC 3.4.21.62)”.
20. The Tenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by deleting the words “, LEAD AND COPPER” in the Schedule heading and substituting the words “AND LEAD”;
(b) by deleting the words “, third and fourth” in the first paragraph and substituting the words “and third”; and
(c) by deleting the column relating to “Copper (Cu)” and its corresponding entries.
21. The Thirteenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Dairy‑based desserts and dessert mixes”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(b) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fat‑based desserts and dessert mixes, excluding dairy‑based dessert products”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
Fat-based desserts and dessert mixes, excluding
dairy‑based dessert products
(c) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fruit‑based desserts and dessert mixes, including fruit‑flavoured water‑based desserts”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
Fruit-based desserts and dessert mixes, including fruit‑flavoured water‑based desserts
(d) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Cereal‑based and starch‑based desserts and dessert mixes”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
Cereal-based and starch‑based desserts and dessert mixes
(e) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Egg‑based desserts and dessert mixes”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(f) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Edible ices (including sherbet and sorbet)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(g) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Candied fruit”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(h) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Vegetables and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(i) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Canned or bottled (pasteurised) fruit”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(j) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fruit preparations (including pulp, purees and fruit toppings)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(k) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fermented fruit products”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(l) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fruit fillings for pastries”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(m) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Canned or bottled (pasteurised) or retort pouch vegetables and seaweeds”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(n) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fermented vegetable and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(o) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Jams, jellies and marmalades”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(p) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fruit‑based spreads, excluding jams, jellies and marmalades”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
(q) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Decorations, toppings (non‑fruit) and sweet sauces”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
Decorations, toppings (non‑fruit) and sweet sauces
(r) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Drinks consisting of a mixture of a non‑alcoholic drink and beer, cider, perry, spirits or wine”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
Drinks consisting of a mixture of a non‑alcoholic drink and beer, cider, perry, spirits or wine
(s) by inserting, corresponding to the item “Snacks: ready‑to‑eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
Snacks: ready‑to‑eat, prepacked, dry, savoury starch products and coated nuts
[G.N. Nos. S 515/2006; S 195/2011; S 175/2012; S 444/2012; S 493/2013; S 816/2014; S 49/2016; S 152/2017; S 302/2017; S 146/2018]
[202/1-76; AG/LEGIS/SL/283/2015/1 Vol. 4]