Feedstuffs Ordinance

Bill No. 38/1964

Read the first time on 19th November 1964.

An Ordinance to provide for the control of feeding stuffs for animals or birds.

Be it enacted by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore, as follows: —

Short title and commencement

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Feedstuffs Ordinance, 1964, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

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

“animal feed” means organic or mineral substances or mixtures of such substances used as animal feed;

“compound feed” means products 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” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Animals Ordinance, 1964 (Ord. of 1964);

“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 Ordinance; and

“veterinary authority” means the Director, the Assistant Director of Primary Production (Veterinary), the Senior Primary Production Officer (Veterinary) and includes any person appointed in writing by the Director to be a veterinary authority under the provisions of section 3 of this Ordinance.

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 Ordinance, 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 Ordinance.

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 animal 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. Such licence shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and such other conditions as the Director may, in his discretion, impose. The Director may, in his discretion, at any time, revoke or suspend such a licence.

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

(3) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to both such imprisonment and fine.

Obligation to furnish statutory statement by purchaser

5. It shall be the duty of every person who sells anima feeds to furnish the purchaser on or before delivery or as soon as possible a written statement (hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as the “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 such 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)	such land, building or premises is being used for the purpose of the manufacture, processing for sale or sale of simple feeds, mineral mixtures, food concentrates and compound feeds; and
(b)	any offence against this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder has been or is being committed.

(2) The Director may at any time enter —

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

for the purpose of inspecting the condition of storage compartments, animal feeds and to take samples thereof.

Penalty

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

(2) Any manufacturer who does not supply a warranty as is required under the provisions of section 6 of this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) Any manufacturer who furnishes a warranty which contains statements which are incorrect or inaccurate shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(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 under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(5) Any person who —

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

shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(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 Ordinance, shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such imprisonment and fine.

Rules

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

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, 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 Ordinance; and
(f)	the prescribing of fees and charges for the purposes of this Ordinance.

(3) Such rules may —

(a)	prescribe that any act or omission in contravention of the provisions of any rule shall be an offence;
(b)	provide for the imposition of penalties, which shall not exceed imprisonment for a term of six months or a fine of five hundred dollars or to both such imprisonment and fine; and
(c)	provide that in addition to such imprisonment and fine, 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 Ordinance 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 the Legislative Assembly as soon as may be after publication.

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