Feeding Stuffs Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Feeding Stuffs Act

(CHAPTER 105)

(Original Enactment: Ordinance 6 of 1965)

REVISED EDITION 1985

(30th March 1987)

An Act to provide for the control of feeding stuffs for animals and birds.

[1st January 1966]

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“animal feed” means organic or mineral substances or mixtures of such substances used for the feeding of animals;

“compound feed” means products which, when administered in the quantities prescribed, are adequate under normal management conditions to afford to normal animals of the species and class concerned the full range of nutritional ingredients in their diet necessary for the breeding or rearing of exemplary specimens of animals;

“Director” means the Director of Primary Production appointed under section 3 of the Animals and Birds Act [Cap. 7];

“feed concentrate” means such feed as is designed to supplement or balance the basic ingredients of a feed ratio to afford normal animals full nourishment;

“mineral mixture” has the same meaning as “feed concentrate”;

“simple feed” means a livestock feed which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a simple feed within the meaning of this Act;

“veterinary authority” means the Director, the Deputy Director of Primary Production, the Senior Primary Production Officer and any person appointed in writing by the Director to be a veterinary authority under section 3.

Appointment

3. The Director may, with the approval of the Minister, subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be imposed by the Director, appoint any officer employed in the administration of this Act to be a veterinary authority who, subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by the Director, may perform all duties imposed and exercise all powers conferred on the Director and the veterinary authority by this Act.

Licence to manufacture, prepare, market and import animal feeds

4.—(1) The Director may issue a licence to any person to import, manufacture, process for sale or sell simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds upon an application made in the prescribed form and the payment of such fees as may be prescribed.

(2) A licence shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and such other conditions as the Director may, in his discretion, impose.

(3) The Director may, in his discretion, at any time, revoke or suspend a licence.

(4) No person shall import, manufacture, process for sale or sell simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds without a licence issued by the Director.

(5) Any person who acts in contravention of subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Obligation to furnish statutory statement by purchaser

5. It is the duty of every person who sells animal feeds to furnish the purchaser on or before delivery or as soon as possible a written statement (referred to in this Act as a statutory statement) in the prescribed form, which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

Manufacturer to give warranty

6. A manufacturer of simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds shall give to every purchaser a warranty in the prescribed form, which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed.

Right of purchaser to have sample taken

7. The purchaser of any animal feed shall on payment of the prescribed fees be entitled to —

(a)	have a sample of the article taken by a veterinary authority and analysed; and
(b)	receive a certificate of the result of the analysis.

Powers of veterinary authority

8.—(1) Any veterinary authority may at any time enter and examine any land, building or premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether —

(a)	that land, building or premises is being used for the purpose of the manufacture, processing for sale or sale of simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates and compound feeds; or
(b)	any offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder has been or is being committed.

(2) A veterinary authority may at any time enter —

(a)	any premises used for the storage, manufacture and sale of animal feeds; or
(b)	any vehicle used for the transport of animal feeds,

for the purpose of inspecting the condition of —

(i)	storage compartments; and
(ii)	animal feeds and taking samples thereof.

Penalty

9.—(1) Any person who fails to furnish a statutory statement as is required under section 5 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(2) Any manufacturer who does not supply a warranty as is required under section 6 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(3) Any manufacturer who furnishes a warranty containing statements that are incorrect or inaccurate shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(4) In any case where in any simple feed, mineral mixture, feed concentrate or compound feed which has been sold, it is found on analysis to contain any ingredient deleterious or dangerous to animals, the seller, manufacturer or proprietor, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(5) Any person who —

(a)	fraudulently tampers with any animal feed so as to procure that any sample of it taken or submitted for analysis under this Act does not correctly represent the article; or
(b)	tampers or interferes with any sample submitted for analysis under this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

(6) Any owner of, or person entrusted for the time being with the charge and custody of simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds, who refuses to allow any veterinary authority to take samples as he thinks fit or otherwise wilfully delays or obstructs any veterinary authority in the execution of his duties under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Rules

10.—(1) The Minister may make rules for or with respect to any purpose which is considered by him necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act and for prescribing any matter which is authorised or required under this Act to be prescribed.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may by such rules provide for —

(a)	the regulation and control of the manufacture, preparation, marketing or importation of simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds;
(b)	the therapeutic substances that may be added to simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds;
(c)	the particulars that shall be contained in a warranty given by a manufacturer and the limits within which such particulars may differ from the actual nature, quality or amounts of the ingredients of the simple feeds, mineral mixtures, feed concentrates or compound feeds;
(d)	the method of taking samples and their analysis;
(e)	the forms for licences and for other purposes for use in connection with this Act; and
(f)	the prescribing of fees and charges for the purposes of this Act.

(3) Such rules may —

(a)	prescribe that any act or omission in contravention of the provisions of any rule is an offence;
(b)	provide for the imposition of penalties, which shall not exceed a fine of $500 or imprisonment for a term of 6 months or both; and
(c)	provide that in addition to such fine and imprisonment, the penalty may extend to the cancellation or suspension of a licence.

(4) The Minister may, in lieu of making any rules prescribing forms which by this Act are required to be or may be prescribed, authorise the Director to prescribe such forms as he thinks fit.

(5) All such rules shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication.

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