No. S 816
Sale of Food Act
(CHAPTER 283)
Food (Amendment) Regulations 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Sale of Food Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and shall come into operation on 15 December 2014.
Amendment of regulation 31
2.  Regulation 31 of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraph:
“Mercury
(3)  No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver —
(a)any predatory fish containing mercury in excess of 1 ppm;
(b)any other fish, or any fish product, containing mercury in excess of 0.5 ppm; or
(c)any other food containing mercury in excess of 0.05 ppm.”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (6), the following paragraph:
“(7)  In paragraph (3), “predatory fish” means any fish of a species listed in the Fifteenth Schedule.”.
Amendment of regulation 250A
3.  Regulation 250A of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(2)  Phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters may be added to —
(a)any edible vegetable fat or oil containing not more than 20 g of saturated fat per 100 g of total fat;
(b)any margarine or fat spread containing not more than 27 g of saturated fat per 100 g of total fat; or
(c)any other food containing not more than 3 g of total fat per 100 g or 1.5 g of total fat per 100 ml.”;
(b)by deleting the word “exclusively” in paragraph (3)(a);
(c)by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3); and
(d)by deleting sub-paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:
“(d)The product should be used as part of a balanced and varied diet;
(e)Consumption in a day of a total of more than 3 g of phytosterols (whether in free form or as derived from any phytosterol esters) or phytostanols (whether in free form or as derived from any phytostanol esters), or both, does not provide any additional benefit in lowering blood cholesterol levels;
(f)Consumption in a day of a total of at least 2 g of phytosterols (whether in free form or as derived from any phytosterol esters) or phytostanols (whether in free form or as derived from any phytostanol esters), or both, has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels; and
(g)A statement suggesting the amount of the food (in g or ml) to be consumed each time (referred to as a serving), and a statement of the total amount of phytosterols (whether in free form or as derived from any phytosterol esters) and phytostanols (whether in free form or as derived from any phytostanol esters) that each serving contains.”.
Amendment of Seventh Schedule
4.  Item 12 of Part II of the Seventh Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the entry “Chromium chloride hexahydrate”, the following entry:
“Chromium picolinate”.
Amendment of Eighth Schedule
5.  The Eighth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the item “Hydrogenated starch hydrolysate (polyglycitol syrup);”, the following item:
“Invertase (from Saccharomyces cerevisiae);”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the item “Polyethylene glycol;”, the following item:
“Polygalacturonase (from Aspergillus niger);”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after the item “Pullulan;”, the following item:
“Serine protease with trypsin specificity (from a genetically modified strain of Fusarium venenatum);”.
New Fifteenth Schedule
6.  The Food Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after the Fourteenth Schedule, the following Schedule:
“FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE
Regulation 31(7)
Species of predatory fish
1.Anglerfish (Lophius species)
2.Atlantic catfish (Anarhichas lupus)
3.Bonito (Sarda sarda)
4.Eel (Anguilla species)
5.Emperor, orange roughy or rosy soldierfish (Hoplostethus species)
6.Grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)
7.Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
8.Kingklip (Genypterus capensis)
9.Marlin (Makaira species)
10.Megrim (Lepidorhombus species)
11.Mullet (Mullus species)
12.Pike (Esox lucius)
13.Pink cusk eel (Genypterus blacodes)
14.Plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)
15.Poor cod (Tricopterus minutes)
16.Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)
17.Ray (Raja species)
18.Redfish (Sebastes marinus, S. mentella, S. viviparus)
19.Sail fish (Istiophorus platypterus)
20.Scabbard fish (Lepidopus caudatus, Aphanopus carbo)
21.Seabream or pandora (Pagellus species)
22.Shark (all species)
23.Snake mackerel (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus, Gempylus serpens)
24.Sturgeon (Acipenser species)
25.Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
26.Tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis).”.
[G.N. Nos. S 515/2006; S 195/2011; S 175/2012; S 444/2012; S 493/2013]
Made on 4 December 2014.
BENNY LIM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 202/1-76 V3; AG/LLRD/SL/283/2010/1 Vol. 3]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 56(4) of the Sale of Food Act).
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