REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 4]Friday, June 14 [2002

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 24th May 2002 and assented to by the President on 31st May 2002:—
Sale of Food (Amendment) Act 2002

(No. 7 of 2002)


I assent.

S R NATHAN,
President.
31st May 2002.
Date of Commencement: 1st July 2002
An Act to amend the Sale of Food Act (Chapter 283 of the 1985 Revised Edition) and to make a consequential amendment to the Environmental Public Health Act (Chapter 95 of the 1999 Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act may be cited as the Sale of Food (Amendment) Act 2002 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of long title
2.  The long title to the Sale of Food Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “health”, the words “; to provide for the regulation of food establishments”.
Amendment of section 2
3.  Section 2 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the definition of “analyst”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “appliance”, the following definitions:
“ “authorised analyst” means any person appointed by the Director-General to be an authorised analyst under section 3(3);
“authorised officer” means the Director-General and any person appointed by the Director-General to be an authorised officer under section 3(2);
“Authority” means the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority established under section 3 of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority Act (Cap. 5);”;
(c)by deleting the definition of “Director” and substituting the following definition:
“ “Director-General” means the Director-General, Agri-Food and Veterinary Services appointed under section 3(1) of the Animals and Birds Act (Cap. 7);”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “food”, the following definition:
“ “food establishment” means any place or any premises or part thereof used for the sale, or for the preparation or manufacture for sale, or for the storage or packing for sale, of food, whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption;”;
(e)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “importer”, the following definition:
“ “infectious disease” means —
(a)any disease set out in the First or Second Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137);
(b)any skin disease which is likely to be contagious; and
(c)such other disease as the Minister may prescribe;”;
(f)by deleting the definition of “officer”; and
(g)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “poison”, the following definition:
“ “premises” means messuages, buildings, lands, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority, and includes any place or structure, or any part thereof used or intended to be used for human habitation or for any other purpose whatsoever;”.
Repeal and re-enactment of section 3
4.  Section 3 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
Administration of Act and appointment of authorised officers, etc.
3.—(1)  The Director-General shall be responsible for the administration of this Act, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister.
(2)  The Director-General may in writing appoint any public officer or any officer of the Authority or of any statutory authority to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act and any regulations made thereunder.
(3)  The Director-General may appoint one or more persons with the prescribed qualifications and practical experience to be authorised analysts for the purposes of this Act and any regulations made thereunder.
(4)  The Director-General may delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him by this Act to any authorised officer.”.
Amendment of section 4
5.  Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (5).
Amendment of section 5
6.  Section 5 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
(1)  For the purpose of discharging his functions and duties under this Act and any regulations made thereunder, an authorised officer may at any time require any person —
(a)to produce to the authorised officer for inspection any document or record or copies or extracts of any document or record which the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds contains any information relevant to the administration or enforcement of this Act or any regulations made thereunder; or
(b)to furnish any information as the authorised officer may reasonably require.”;
(b)by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500” in subsection (4); and
(c)by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000” in the penultimate and last lines of subsection (5).
Amendment of section 6
7.  Section 6 (4) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000”.
Amendment of section 7
8.  Section 7 (2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500” in the penultimate and last lines.
Amendment of section 10
9.  Section 10 (3) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000”.
Repeal and re-enactment of section 20
10.  Section 20 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
Offences under this Part
20.  Any person who contravenes any provision of this Part shall be guilty of an offence.”.
New Part IIIA
11.  The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 20, the following Part:
PART IIIA
FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
Food establishments to be licensed
20A.  No person shall operate or use or knowingly permit a food establishment to be used for any of the purposes specified in the Second Schedule without obtaining a licence from the Director-General.
Persons with infectious disease not to carry on business
20B.—(1)  The Director-General may require —
(a)any person to whom a licence has been issued under this Part (referred to in this Act as a licensee);
(b)any assistant or employee of the licensee; or
(c)any applicant for a licence under this Part,
to submit to medical examination.
(2)  If such licensee, assistant, employee or applicant is suffering from or is suspected to be suffering from an infectious disease or is suspected to be a carrier thereof, the Director-General may require him to undergo treatment.
(3)  The Director-General may require that treatment to be obtained at any hospital as he may think fit.
(4)  The Director-General may require any licensee or any assistant or employee of the licensee to submit to immunisation against any infectious disease.
(5)  Every licensee shall ensure that his assistant or employee is immunised against any infectious disease as required by the Director-General.
(6)  The Director-General may, at any time, revoke or suspend any licence issued under this Part if —
(a)the licensee is suffering from an infectious disease;
(b)the licensee knowingly employs any person who is suffering from or is suspected to be suffering from an infectious disease;
(c)the licensee, his assistant or employee refuses to comply with any requisition made by the Director-General under subsection (1), (2) or (3); or
(d)the licensee does not comply with subsection (5).
Cleanliness of vehicles, equipment, etc.
20C.—(1)  Any person who uses a vehicle for the transportation of food shall ensure that the surface of the vehicle with which the food is likely to come into contact is kept in a state of cleanliness, good order and condition so as to prevent any risk of contamination of the food.
(2)  The Director-General may, by notice in writing, require any person who uses a vehicle to transport food to use or install in or on the vehicle any device or equipment as he thinks fit to ensure that the food carried in or on the vehicle will not be contaminated.
Offences under this Part, powers of arrest and notice to attend court
20D.—(1)  Any person who contravenes any provision of this Part shall be guilty of an offence and may be arrested without warrant by any police officer or authorised officer and taken before a Magistrate’s Court.
(2)  Notwithstanding subsection (1) or any other written law for the time being in force, any police officer or authorised officer who, having effected an arrest under subsection (1), is satisfied as to the identity, name and place of residence of the person arrested, may, instead of taking him before a Magistrate’s Court or to a police station, serve upon that person a notice in such form as may be required under section 37J requiring him to attend at the Court described at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.
(3)  For the purpose of satisfying himself as to the identity of the person arrested, the police officer or authorised officer may require the person arrested to furnish such evidence of identity as he may consider necessary.
(4)  A duplicate of the notice served under subsection (2) shall be prepared by the police officer or authorised officer, as the case may be, and produced by him to a Magistrate’s Court if so required by the Court.
(5)  On an accused person appearing before a Magistrate’s Court under such a notice, the Court shall take cognizance of the offence alleged and shall proceed as though he were produced before it under subsection (1).
(6)  If a person upon whom a notice under subsection (2) has been served fails to appear before a Magistrate’s Court in accordance with the notice, the Court shall thereupon issue a warrant for the arrest of that person.
(7)  Where a person is arrested under subsection (6), a Magistrate’s Court —
(a)shall proceed as though he were produced before it under subsection (1);
(b)at the conclusion of the proceedings, shall call upon him to show cause why he should not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the notice served upon him; and
(c)if cause is not shown, may order him to pay such penalty not exceeding $2,000 as the Court may think fit or may commit him to prison for a term not exceeding 2 months.”.
Amendment of section 25
12.  Section 25 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
(1)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder and shall have powers to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of any such offence.”; and
(b)by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:
(4)  Subject to subsection (5), no proceedings in respect of any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be instituted —
(a)in any case where any food or any appliance has been purchased or procured from any person for test purposes, after the expiration of 56 days from the time of purchasing or procuring the food or appliance, as the case may be; and
(b)in any other case, after the expiration of one year from the date of commission of such offence.
(5)  Subsection (4)(b) shall not apply in any case where, by reason of the act or omission complained of, an injury or danger to health subsists at the date of the complaint.”.
Amendment of section 28
13.  Section 28 (5) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000, and for any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding $5,000” in the 3rd to 6th lines.
New section 32A
14.  The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 32, the following section:
Fees, etc., payable to Authority
32A.  All fees, charges, composition fines and moneys collected under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be paid to the Authority.”.
Amendment of section 34
15.  Section 34 (3) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and for any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding $5,000”.
Repeal and re-enactment of section 35
16.  Section 35 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
Obstruction of authorised officers and interference with official marks
35.—(1)  No person shall at any time hinder, obstruct or molest any authorised officer in the performance and execution of his duty or of anything which he is empowered or required to do by virtue or in consequence of or under this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
(2)  No person shall, without authority —
(a)open, alter, break, remove or erase any mark, fastening or seal placed by an authorised officer under this Act or any regulations made thereunder upon any food or appliance or upon any package, place, door or opening containing or affording access to any food or appliance; or
(b)remove any mark, line, sign or other direction drawn or set up for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
(3)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.”.
New sections 37A to 37L
17.  The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 37, the following sections:
Service of summons, notice, etc.
37A.—(1)  Any summons, notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be served on any person may be served —
(a)by delivering it to the person or by delivering it at his usual or last known place of residence to some adult member or employee of his family;
(b)by leaving it at his usual or last known place of residence or business in a cover addressed to him; or
(c)by forwarding it by post in a pre-paid letter addressed to him at his usual or last known place of residence or business.
(2)  Any summons, notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be served on any incorporated company or body, it may be served —
(a)by delivering it to the secretary of the company or body at its registered or principal office; or
(b)by sending it by registered post addressed to the company or body at its registered or principal office.
(3)  Any summons, notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises may be served by delivering it or a true copy thereof to some adult person on the premises or, if there is no such person on the premises to whom it can with reasonable diligence be delivered, by affixing the summons, notice, order or document to some conspicuous part of the premises.
(4)  Any summons, notice, order or document required or authorised by this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be served on the owner or occupier of any premises shall be deemed to be properly addressed if addressed by the description of the owner or occupier of the premises without further name or description.
Appeal to Minister against notice, order or decision
37B.—(1)  Subject to section 37C(13), any person who is aggrieved by any notice, order or decision of the Director-General may, within 7 days of the notice, order or decision, appeal in writing to the Minister whereupon the execution of the notice, order or decision shall be stayed.
(2)  The Minister may confirm, vary or rescind the notice, order or decision or direct that the thing shall be proceeded with, varied or abandoned, as the case may be, or make any order which the Director-General is competent to make and the decision of the Minister shall be final.
Licences
37C.—(1)  The grant or renewal of any licence —
(a)shall be in the discretion of the Director-General;
(b)may be granted, renewed or refused without any reason for the grant, renewal or refusal being assigned therefor; and
(c)may be granted or renewed subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Director-General may think fit.
(2)  The Director-General may require any applicant for a licence to furnish such information and evidence as he may reasonably require for a full and proper consideration of the application and, in the event of a refusal to furnish the information, shall refuse to grant or renew the licence.
(3)  The Director-General may, before granting or renewing any licence, require the applicant to give security, either in the form of a cash deposit or by entering into a bond, that the provisions of this Act and the conditions of the licence will be duly observed.
(4)  Where an applicant is required to enter into a bond, the Director-General may require not more than 2 sureties to enter into the bond with the applicant.
(5)  Any sum deposited or bond entered into under this section shall be liable to forfeiture in whole or in part at the discretion of the Director-General on cancellation of the licence.
(6)  Any person who wilfully furnishes any false information in any application for a licence shall be guilty of an offence and any licence granted shall be void and of no effect.
(7)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, any licence may be for such period as the Director-General thinks fit.
(8)  There shall be charged for the grant or renewal of any licence such fee, if any, as may be prescribed.
(9)  Where a licence is granted for a period of less than 12 months, the Director-General may charge a proportionate fee therefor; and in charging such proportionate fee, any part of a month shall be reckoned as one month.
(10)  No licensee shall be entitled to any refund of any fee paid by him in respect of any licence.
(11)  No person shall in any manner transfer any licence or permit any licence to be used by any other person without the approval in writing of the Director-General.
(12)  Where a licensee —
(a)is in breach of any restriction or condition subject to which the licence was granted; or
(b)has contravened any provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder,
the Director-General may —
(i)suspend or cancel the licence; and
(ii)in the case of paragraph (a), in lieu of or in addition to sub-paragraph (i), impose a financial penalty of such amount, not exceeding $5,000, as the Director-General thinks fit.
(13)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who is aggrieved by —
(a)the refusal by the Director-General to grant or renew a licence;
(b)the suspension or cancellation by the Director-General of any licence;
(c)the imposition of any financial penalty by the Director-General; or
(d)the forfeiture of any sum deposited or bond entered into under this section,
may, within 14 days of such refusal, suspension, cancellation, imposition of financial penalty or forfeiture, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(14)  In this section, “licence” includes any approval, permit, permission, authority, authorisation or licence which may be granted or renewed by the Director-General under this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
Receipts and notices may be given by authorised officer
37D.—(1)  All notices, orders, receipts, warrants and other documents which the Director-General is empowered to give by this Act or any regulations made thereunder may be given by any other authorised officer.
(2)  Where any such notice, order, receipt, warrant or document requires authentication, the signature or a facsimile thereof of the Director-General or an authorised officer affixed thereto shall be sufficient authentication.
Police officers and authorised officers may demand names and addresses in certain cases
37E.—(1)  Any person who is charged by any police officer or authorised officer with any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall on demand give his name and address and other proof of identity to the police officer or authorised officer, if so required.
(2)  The occupier of any premises shall, if required by any police officer or authorised officer, give his name and other proof of identity and the name and address of the owner of the premises, if known.
(3)  Any person who contravenes this section or wilfully mis-states his name and address or the name and address of the owner of any premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $300.
General penalties
37F.  Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
Composition of offences
37G.—(1)  The Director-General may, in his discretion, compound any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder as may be prescribed as being an offence which may be compounded by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding $1,000.
(2)  On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings shall be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3)  The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded and the method and procedure by which those offences may be compounded under this section.
Inaccuracies in documents
37H.—(1)  No misnomer or inaccurate description of any person, premises, building, street or place named or described in any document prepared, issued or served under or for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall in any way affect the operation of this Act or any such regulations as respects that person or place if that person or place is so designated in the document as to be identifiable.
(2)  No proceedings taken under this Act or any such regulations shall be invalid for want of form.
Evidence
37I.—(1)  The contents of any document prepared, issued or served under or for the purposes of this Act shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be correct.
(2)  All records, registers and other documents kept by any authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be deemed to be public documents, and copies thereof or extracts therefrom certified by the officer responsible for the custody thereof to be true copies or extracts, as the case may be, and subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title shall be admissible in evidence as proof of the contents of the documents or extracts therefrom.
Forms
37J.  The Director-General may design and utilise such forms as he may think fit for any of the purposes of this Act and any regulations made thereunder, and may require any person to complete any of the forms for any such purpose.
Amendment of Schedules
37K.  The Minister may, from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, add to, alter or amend any of the Schedules.
Exemption
37L.  The Director-General may, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister, either permanently or for such period as he may think fit, exempt any person or premises or any class of persons or premises from any of the provisions of this Act.”.
Amendment of section 38
18.  Section 38 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (k) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(k)to regulate the seizure and disposal of unwholesome meat, fish, fruit, vegetables or other food or drink exposed or intended for sale;
(ka)to prescribe the fees for licences and to prescribe the fees and charges for any of the purposes of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(kb)to prescribe that any act or omission, or any contravention of the provisions of any regulations shall be an offence and to provide for the imposition of a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine of $500 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction; and”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:
(2A)  The Minister may, in making any regulations, prescribe the circumstances in which it shall be presumed that an offence under the provisions of any such regulations was committed.”.
Miscellaneous amendments
19.  The principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “officer” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “authorised officer”:
Sections 4(1), (1)(e) (6th and last lines) and (4) (2nd and last lines), 5(3) and (5) (1st line), 6(1) (4th line), (2), (3) and (4), 7(1) (1st line) and (2) (3rd and 4th lines), 8, 9(1) (2nd line), (2) (1st line), (3) and (4) (6th line), 10(2) (2nd line), 30 (last line) and 31(2) and Form 2 of the Schedule (4th line of first paragraph);
(b)by deleting the word “Government” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Authority”:
Sections 4(3) (3rd line), 36(1) (last line) and (2) and Form 1 of the Schedule (penultimate line of second paragraph);
(c)by deleting the word “Schedule” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “First Schedule”:
Sections 4(4) (4th line) and 10(1);
(d)by deleting the word “officers” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “authorised officers”:
Sections 4 (marginal note) and 5(2);
(e)by deleting the word “analyst” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “authorised analyst”:
Sections 9(1) (last line) and (3), 10(1), (2) (3rd line) and marginal note, 29(1) (2nd and 4th lines) and (2) (3rd and penultimate lines), 30 (last line) and 38(1)(g) and Form 2 of the Schedule (1st line of first paragraph);
(f)by deleting the words “analyst’s certificate” in section 25(3) and substituting the words “authorised analyst’s certificate”;
(g)by deleting the words “Analyst’s certificate” in the marginal note of section 29 and substituting the words “Authorised analyst’s certificate”;
(h)by deleting the word “Director” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Director-General”:
Sections 36(2) and 37 (penultimate line);
(i)by deleting the words “Officer appointed under the Act” in Form 1 of the Schedule and substituting the words “Authorised Officer”;
(j)by deleting the words “ANALYST’S CERTIFICATE” in Form 2 of the Schedule and substituting the words “AUTHORISED ANALYST’S CERTIFICATE”; and
(k)by deleting the word “Analyst” at the end of Form 2 of the Schedule and substituting the words “ Authorised analyst”.
Re-numbering of Schedule and new Second Schedule
20.  The Schedule to the principal Act is amended by deleting the word “THE” and substituting the word “FIRST”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following Schedule:
SECOND SCHEDULE
Section 20A
Part i
Description of Purposes for Use of Food Establishments to Which Section 20A Applies
1.  As a food processing establishment where food is manufactured, processed, prepared or packed for the purpose of distribution to wholesalers and retailers, whether or not the food processing establishment also consists of a retail food establishment or a catering establishment.
2.  As a cold store.
Part ii
definitions
In Part I —
“catering establishment” means a catering establishment as described in the First Schedule to the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);
“cold store” means any premises —
(a)used for the cold storage of food intended for human consumption; and
(b)prescribed as a cold storage for the purposes of this Act;
“retail food establishment” means a retail food establishment as described in the First Schedule to the Environmental Public Health Act;
“retailer” includes any person who supplies food for the consumption or use of any other person as part of a service rendered by him to that other person.”.
Transitional provisions
21.—(1)  Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given, granted or approved by the Commissioner of Public Health immediately before the appointed day under section 32, 37, 40 or 41 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) in relation to or in connection with a food establishment used for any of the purposes specified in the Second Schedule of the principal Act (as inserted by this Act) shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) and except as otherwise expressly provided in the principal Act (as amended by this Act) or any other written law, continue and be deemed to have been issued, made, given, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) by the Director-General, Agri-Food and Veterinary Services.
(2)  Any licence, permit, document, application, approval, permission, order, direction, ruling or notice issued, made, given, granted or approved by the Director of Food Administration immediately before the appointed day under the principal Act shall, so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) and except as otherwise expressly provided in the principal Act (as amended by this Act) or any other written law, continue and be deemed to have been issued, made, given, granted or approved under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act (as amended by this Act) by the Director-General, Agri-Food and Veterinary Services.
(3)  In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of the Sale of Food (Amendment) Act 2002.
Consequential amendment to Environmental Public Health Act
22.  The First Schedule to the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95) is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
FIRST SCHEDULE
Section 32
Description of Purposes for Use of Food Establishments to Which Section 32 Applies
1.  As a retail food establishment where food is sold wholly by retail (whether or not the food sold is also prepared, stored or packed for sale or consumed at such premises), including —
(a)an eating establishment, such as a restaurant;
(b)a cut fruit shop;
(c)a supermarket;
(d)a market-produce shop (including any premises used for the sale of fish or crustacean, or meat or vegetable);
(e)a barbecue meat shop,
except a retail food establishment that is part of a food processing establishment as described in the Second Schedule to the Sale of Food Act (Cap. 283).
2.  As a catering establishment providing a catering service whereby —
(a)food is prepared, packed and thereafter delivered to a consumer for his consumption or use; or
(b)food is prepared at premises appointed by a consumer for his consumption or use,
except a catering establishment that is part of a food processing establishment as described in the Second Schedule to the Sale of Food Act.”.