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No. S 152

Sale of Food Act

(CHAPTER 283)

Food (Amendment) Regulations 2017

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:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 1 April 2017.

Amendment of regulation 9A

2. Regulation 9A of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs:

“(3) In the case of prepacked foods that have added to it barley beta‑glucan and meet the criteria in paragraph (4), the following claim may be made in a label:

“Barley beta-glucans have been shown to lower/reduce blood cholesterol. High blood cholesterol is a risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease.”.

(4) The criteria mentioned in paragraph (3) are —

(a)

the cholesterol, saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids present in the food are within the following levels:

(i)

in the case of solid food —

(A)	not more than 20 mg of cholesterol per 100 g;
(B)	not more than 1.5 g of saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids per 100 g; and
(C)	not more than 10% of kilocalories from saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids;

(ii)

in the case of liquid food —

(A)	not more than 10 mg of cholesterol per 100 ml;
(B)	not more than 0.75 g of saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids per 100 ml; and
(C)	not more than 10% of kilocalories from saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids; and

(b)

the label of the food must contain —

(i)	a statement or statements to the like effect that consumption of at least 3 g of barley beta‑glucans in a day has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels; and
(ii)	a nutrition information panel in the form specified in the Twelfth Schedule or in such other similar form as may be acceptable to the Director‑General, specifying the amounts of barley beta‑glucan, cholesterol, saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids, contained in the food.”.

Amendment of regulation 11

3. Regulation 11(3) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no label” and substituting the words “No label”.

Amendment of regulation 21

4. Regulation 21 of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:

“(3A) Quillaia extracts (Type I, II or both) may be used only in —

(a)	soft drinks, at a level not exceeding 50 ppm (calculated as saponins); and
(b)	alcoholic beverages, at a level not exceeding 40 ppm (calculated as saponins).”.

Amendment of regulation 23

5. Regulation 23(2) 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 the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(e)

L-theanine in the following foods at a level not exceeding 1000 ppm:

(i)	brewed tea;
(ii)	soft drinks;
(iii)	chocolate;
(iv)	chocolate confectionery;
(v)	sugar confectionery.”.

Amendment of regulation 28

6. Regulation 28 of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(6) Triethyl citrate may be used as a whipping agent in the following foods, at a level not exceeding 2500 ppm:

(a)	liquid egg products;
(b)	dried egg products, whether or not heat coagulated;
(c)	heat coagulated egg products.”.

Amendment of regulation 31

7. Regulation 31 of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(2A) A person must not import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any polished rice containing inorganic arsenic in excess of 0.2 ppm.”.

Amendment of regulation 86

8. Regulation 86 of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “0.916 and not more than 0.921” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “0.915 and not more than 0.924”.

Amendment of regulation 88

9. Regulation 88 of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting “125” in paragraph (c) and substituting “118”.

Amendment of regulation 91

10. Regulation 91(2) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the word “Margarine” and substituting the words “Despite regulation 11(4), margarine”.

Amendment of regulation 168

11. Regulation 168(1) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (g).

Amendment of regulation 227

12. Regulation 227 of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “may contain sulphur dioxide as a preservative and”.

Amendment of regulation 250A

13. Regulation 250A(2) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “saturated fat” in sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “saturated fatty acids”.

Amendment of regulation 252

14. Regulation 252(6) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (e) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(f)	Beta-palmitin, with at least 52% of total palmitic acid esterified at the beta position, in an amount not exceeding 80% of the total fat content of infant formula.”.

Amendment of regulation 260

15. Regulation 260(1) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the word “kilograms” in sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the words “grams or kilograms, as appropriate”.

Amendment of Part I of Fourth Schedule

16. Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Flour intended for use in the manufacture of biscuits” under the heading “Selected Foods” and substituting the words “Flour, all types”;

(b)

by deleting the item “Ginger, dry root” and its corresponding entry;

(c)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Hamburgers and similar products”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Hamburgers and similar products

2,500

”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the item “Hamburgers and similar products”, the following item and its corresponding entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Herbs and spices

150

”;

(e)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Meat, canned, cured, pickled, salted or smoked whether cooked or uncooked”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Meat, canned, cured, pickled, salted or smoked whether cooked or uncooked

2,500

”; and

(f)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Sausages, or sausage meat”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Sausages, or sausage meat

2,500

”.

Amendment of Part II of Fifth Schedule

17. Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “including” in paragraph 2(a), the words “beet red,”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 4, the following paragraph:

“5. Spirulina extract or cyanobacterial‑phycocyanin extracted from Spirulina platensis that conforms to the following specifications:

(a)	not more than 2 mg/kg lead;
(b)	not more than 2 mg/kg arsenic;
(c)	not more than 1 mg/kg mercury;
(d)	negative for microcystin toxin.”.

Amendment of Sixth Schedule

18. The Sixth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the item “Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids”, the following item:

“Polyglycerol polyricinoleate;”; and

(b)

by deleting the following item:

“Quillaia (only in soft drinks, not exceeding 200 parts per million);”.

Amendment of Seventh Schedule

19. Item 2 of Part II of the Seventh Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the entry “Sodium ferric pyrophosphate”, the following entry:

“Sodium ferrous citrate”.

Amendment of Eighth Schedule

20. The Eighth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the following items:

(i)	Alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase (from a genetically modified strain of Bacillus subtilis);
(ii)	Alpha-amylase (endo-amylase from a genetically modified strain of Bacillus licheniformis);
(iii)	Alpha-amylase (from Bacillus subtilis);
(iv)	Aminopeptidase (from Aspergillus oryzae);
(v)	Asparaginase (from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus niger);
(vi)	Beta-galactosidase (lactase from Kluyveromyces lactis);
(vii)	Beta-glucanase (endo-glucanase from Bacillus subtilis);
(viii)	Beta-glucanase (endo-glucanase from Hunicola insolens);
(ix)	Cellulase (from Trichoderma longibrachiatum);
(x)	Chymosin (produced by Escherichia coli);
(xi)	Endo-protease (metallo protease from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens);
(xii)	Glucoamylase (amyloglucosidase from Aspergillus niger);
(xiii)	Glucose oxidase (from Aspergillus niger);
(xiv)	Glycerophospholipid cholesterol acyltransferase (from a genetically modified strain of Bacillus licheniformis);
(xv)	Hemicellulase (endo-1,4-β-xylanase from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus niger or Bacillus subtilis);
(xvi)	Hexose oxidase (from a genetically modified strain of Hansenula polymorpha);
(xvii)	Invertase (from Saccharomyces cerevisiae);
(xviii)	Lipase (triacylglycerol acylhydrolase from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus niger);
(xix)	Lipase, triacylglycerol (from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus oryzae);
(xx)	Maltogenic amylase (amylase from a genetically modified strain of Bacillus subtilis);
(xxi)	Papain;
(xxii)	Pentosanase (xylanase or hemicellulase from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus oryzae);
(xxiii)	Polygalacturonase (from Aspergillus niger);
(xxiv)	Protease (from Bacillus subtilis);
(xxv)	Serine protease with trypsin specificity (from a genetically modified strain of Fusarium venenatum);
(xxvi)	Transglutaminase (transferase prepared from Streptoverticillium mobaraense variant);

(b)

by inserting, immediately above the Schedule heading “PERMITTED GENERAL PURPOSE FOOD ADDITIVES”, the following words:

“PART 1”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after Part 1, the following Part:

“Part 2

PERMITTED ENZYMES

(A)

Enzymes derived from animal sources

Enzyme

EC Number

Source

Catalase

1.11.1.6

Bovine liver

Lactoperoxidase

1.11.1.7

Bovine milk

Lipase, triacylglycerol

3.1.1.3

Bovine stomach; salivary glands or forestomach of calf, kid or lamb; porcine or bovine pancreas

Lysozyme

3.2.1.17

Egg whites

Pancreatin (or pancreatic elastase)

3.4.21.36

Pancreas of the hog or ox

Pepsin

3.4.23.1

Bovine or porcine stomach

Phospholipase A2

3.1.1.4

Porcine pancreas

Rennet

3.4.23.4

Aqueous extracts from the fourth stomach of calves, kids, lambs, and adult bovine animals, sheep and goats

Thrombin

3.4.21.5

Bovine or porcine blood

Trypsin

3.4.21.4

Porcine or bovine pancreas

(B)

Enzymes derived from plant sources

Enzyme

EC Number

Source

Alpha-amylase

3.2.1.1

Malted cereals

Actinidin

3.4.22.14

Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)

Beta-amylase

3.2.1.2

Malted cereals

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Bromelain

3.4.22.4

Pineapple fruit/stem (Ananas comosus and Ananas bracteatus (L))

Ficin

3.4.22.3

Ficus spp.

Lipoxidase

1.13.11.12

Soyabean whey or meal

Papain

3.4.22.2

Carica papaya (L) (Fam. Caricaceae)

(C)

Enzymes derived from microbial sources

Enzyme

EC Number

Production organism

Donor organism

Donor gene

1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme

2.4.1.18

Bacillus subtilis

Rhodothermus obamensis

1,4‑alpha‑glucan branching enzyme

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase

4.1.1.5

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus brevis

Alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase

Alpha-amylase

3.2.1.1

Aspergillus niger¹

Alpha-amylase

Aspergillus niger¹

Rhizomucor pusillus

Alpha-amylase

Aspergillus oryzae

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus licheniformis

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus licheniformis

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus licheniformis

Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus licheniformis

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus licheniformis

Pseudomonas stutzeri

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus megaterium

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus subtilis

Alicyclobacillus pohliae

Alpha-amylase

Bacillus subtilis

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Alpha-amylase

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Alpha-amylase

Microbacterium imperiale

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Thermococcales

Alpha-amylase

Rhizopus oryzae

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus kawachii

Alpha-amylase

Alpha-arabinofuranosidase

3.2.1.55

Aspergillus niger¹

Alpha-galactosidase

3.2.1.22

Aspergillus niger¹

Alpha-glucosidase (or maltase)

3.2.1.20

Aspergillus niger¹

Aspergillus oryzae

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus niger¹

Alpha-glucosidase (or maltase)

Aminopeptidase

3.4.11.1

Aspergillus oryzae

Lactocococcus lactis

Amylomaltase

2.4.1.25

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Thermus thermophilus

Amylomaltase

Asparaginase

3.5.1.1

Aspergillus niger¹

Asparaginase

Aspergillus oryzae

Asparaginase

Bacillus subtilis

Pyrococcus furiosus

Asparaginase

Aspergillopepsin I

3.4.23.18

Aspergillus niger¹

Aspergillus oryzae

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillopepsin I

Aspergillopepsin II

3.4.23.19

Aspergillus niger¹

Beta-amylase

3.2.1.2

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Bacillus subtilis

Beta-fructofuranosidase (invertase or saccharase)

3.2.1.26

Aspergillus japonicus

Aspergillus niger¹

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Beta-galactosidase (or lactase)

3.2.1.23

Aspergillus niger¹

Aspergillus oryzae

Beta-galactosidase (or lactase)

Aspergillus oryzae

Bacillus circulans ATCC 31382

Bacillus subtilis

Bifidobacterium bifidum

Beta-galactosidase (or lactase)

Kluyveromyces lactis⁴

Kluyveromyces marxianus⁵

Saccharomyces sp.

Beta-glucanase (endo-beta glucanase or endo-1,3-beta-glucanase)

3.2.1.6

Aspergillus niger¹

Aspergillus oryzae

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Beta-glucanase (endo-beta glucanase or endo-1,3-beta-glucanase)

Bacillus subtilis

Beta-glucanase (endo-beta glucanase or endo-1,3-beta-glucanase)

Disporotrichum dimorphosphorum

Humicola insolens

Rasamsonia emersonii⁶

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Beta-glucosidase

3.2.1.21

Aspergillus niger¹

Carboxylesterase

3.1.1.1

Rhizomucor miehei⁷

Carboxypeptidase C

3.4.16.5

Aspergillus niger¹

Carboxypeptidase C

Catalase

1.11.1.6

Aspergillus niger¹

Catalase

Micrococcus luteus⁸

Cellulase

3.2.1.4

Aspergillus niger¹

Penicillium funiculosum

Rasamsonia emersonii⁶

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Cellulase

Trichoderma viride

Chymosin

3.4.23.4

Aspergillus niger¹

Aspergillus niger var. awamori

Camelus dromedarius

Chymosin

Escherichia coli K-12 strain GE81

Kluyveromyces lactis⁴

Calf prochymosin B

Chymosin

Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase

2.4.1.19

Bacillus licheniformis

Thermoanaerobacter sp.

Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase

Paenibacillus macerans⁹

Deaminase

3.5.4.6

Aspergillus melleus

Dextranase

3.2.1.11

Chaetomium erraticum

Chaetomium gracile

Penicillium lilacinum

Endo-arabinase

3.2.1.99

Aspergillus niger¹

Endo-protease

3.4.21.26

Aspergillus niger¹

Endo-protease

Glucan 1,3-beta-glucosidase

3.2.1.58

Trichoderma harzianum

Endo-1,3-beta-xylanase

3.2.1.32

Humicola insolens

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

3.2.1.8

Aspergillus niger¹

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Aspergillus niger¹

Rasamsonia emersonii⁶

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Aspergillus oryzae

Aspergillus aculeatus

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Aspergillus oryzae

Humicola lanuginosa¹⁰

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Bacillus licheniformis

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Bacillus subtilis

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Disporotrichum dimorphosphorum

Humicola insolens

Rasamsonia emersonii⁶

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus niger¹

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus tubingensis

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Thermopolyspora flexuosa¹¹

Endo-1,4-beta-xylanase

Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)

3.2.1.3

Aspergillus niger¹

Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)

Aspergillus niger¹

Penicillium oxalicum

Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)

Aspergillus niger¹

Talaromyces emersonii

Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)

Aspergillus niger¹

Trametes cingulata

Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)

Aspergillus oryzae

Rhizopus delemar

Rhizopus niveus

Rhizopus oryzae

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Glucoamylase (or amyloglucosidase)

Glucose isomerase (or xylose isomerase)

5.3.1.5

Actinoplanes missouriensis

Bacillus coagulans

Microbacterium arborescens

Streptomyces olivaceus

Streptomyces olivochromogenes

Streptomyces murinus

Streptomyces rubiginosus

Glucose isomerase (or xylose isomerase)

Glucose oxidase

1.1.3.4

Aspergillus niger¹

Glucose oxidase

Aspergillus niger¹

Penicillium chrysogenum

Glucose oxidase

Aspergillus oryzae

Aspergillus niger¹

Glucose oxidase

Penicillium chrysogenum

Glutaminase

3.5.1.2

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Glycerophospholipid cholesterol acyltransferase

2.3.1.43

Bacillus licheniformis

Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

Glycerophospholipid cholesterol acyltransferase

Hexose oxidase

1.1.3.5

Hansenula polymorpha¹²

Chondrus crispus

Hexose oxidase

Inulinase

3.2.1.7

Aspergillus niger¹

Lipase, monoacylglycerol

3.1.1.23

Penicillium camembertii

Lipase, triacylglycerol

3.1.1.3

Aspergillus niger¹

Candida antarctica

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Aspergillus niger¹

Fusarium culmorum

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Aspergillus oryzae

Fusarium oxysporum

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Aspergillus oryzae

Humicola lanuginosa¹⁰

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Aspergillus oryzae

Rhizomucor miehei⁷

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Aspergillus oryzae

Humicola lanuginosa¹⁰and Fusarium oxysporum

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Candida rugosa

Hansenula polymorpha¹²

Fusarium heterosporum

Lipase, triacylglycerol

Mucor javanicus¹³

Penicillium roquefortii¹⁴

Rhizomucor miehei⁷

Rhizopus arrhizus

Rhizopus niveus

Rhizopus oryzae

Lysophospholipase

3.1.1.5

Aspergillus niger¹

Lysophospholipase

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus nishimurae

Lysophospholipase

Maltogenic alpha-amylase

3.2.1.133

Bacillus licheniformis

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Maltogenic alpha-amylase

Bacillus subtilis

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Maltogenic alpha-amylase

Maltotetraohydrolase

3.2.1.60

Bacillus licheniformis

Pseudomonas stutzeri

Maltotetraohydrolase

Mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase

3.2.1.78

Aspergillus niger¹

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Bacillus subtilis

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase

Metalloproteinase¹⁵

3.4.24.4

Aspergillus oryzae

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Metalloproteinase

Bacillus coagulans

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Metalloproteinase

Geobacillus caldoproteolyticus

Geobacillus stearothermophilus²

Mucorpepsin (or aspartic proteinase)

3.4.23.23

Aspergillus oryzae

Rhizomucor miehei⁷

Aspartic proteinase

Cryphonectria parasitica

Rhizomucor miehei⁷

Pectin esterase

3.1.1.11

Aspergillus niger¹

Pectin esterase

Aspergillus oryzae

Aspergillus aculeatus

Pectin esterase

Pectin lyase

4.2.2.10

Aspergillus niger¹

Pectin lyase

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus niger¹

Pectin lyase

Peroxidase

1.11.1.7

Aspergillus niger¹

Marasmius scorodonius

Peroxidase

Phosphodiesterase I

3.1.4.1

Leptographium procerum

Phospholipase A1

3.1.1.32

Aspergillus oryzae

Fusarium venenatum

Phospholipase A1

Phospholipase A2

3.1.1.4

Aspergillus niger¹

Porcine pancreas

Phospholipase A2

Streptomyces violaceoruber

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus nishimurae

Phospholipase A2

Phospholipase C

3.1.4.3

Pichia pastoris

Isolated from soil

Phospholipase C

3-Phytase

3.1.3.8

Aspergillus niger¹

3-Phytase

4-Phytase

3.1.3.26

Aspergillus oryzae

Peniophora lycii

4-Phytase

Polygalacturonase (pectinase)

3.2.1.15

Aspergillus niger¹

Polygalacturonase (pectinase)

Aspergillus oryzae

Aspergillus aculeatus

Polygalacturonase (pectinase)

Rhizopus oryzae

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Protein-glutaminase

3.5.1.44

Chryseobacterium proteolyticum

Pullulanase

3.2.1.41

Bacillus acidopullulyticus

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Bacillus licheniformis

Bacillus deramificans

Pullulanase

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus acidopullulyticus

Pullulanase

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus deramificans

Pullulanase

Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus naganoensis

Pullulanase

Klebsiella pneumoniae¹⁶

Pullulanibacillus sp.

Ribonuclease

3.1.26.5

Penicillium citrinum

Serine proteinase¹⁷

3.4.21.14

Aspergillus melleus

Aspergillus oryzae

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Bacillus halodurans

Bacillus licheniformis

Bacillus subtilis

Serine protease (Chymotrypsin)

3.4.21.1

Bacillus licheniformis

Nocardiopsis prasina

Serine protease (Chymotrypsin)

Serine protease with trypsin specificity

3.4.21.4

Fusarium venenatum

Fusarium oxysporum

Serine protease with trypsin specificity

Tannase

3.1.1.20

Aspergillus oryzae

Transglucosidase

2.4.1.24

Aspergillus niger¹

Trichoderma longibrachiatum³

Aspergillus niger¹

Transglucosidase

Transglutaminase

2.3.2.13

Streptomyces mobaraensis¹⁸

Urease

3.5.1.5

Lactobacillus fermentum

¹ Aspergillus niger group includes A. aculeatus, A. awamori, A. ficuum, A. foetidus, A. japonicus, A. phoenicis, A. saitor and A. usamii.
² Geobacillus stearothermophilus – former name Bacillus stearothermophilus.
³ Trichoderma longibrachiatum also known as Trichoderma reesei.
⁴ Kluyveromyces lactis – former name Saccharomyces lactis.
⁵ Kluyveromyces marxianus – former names Saccharomyces fragilis and Kluyveromyces fragilis.
⁶ Rasamsonia emersonii – former name Talaromyces emersonii.
⁷ Rhizomucor miehei – former name Mucor miehei.
⁸ Micrococcus luteus – former name Micrococcus lysodeikticus.
⁹ Paenibacillus macerans – former name Bacillus macerans.
¹⁰ Humicola lanuginosa also known as Thermomyces lanuginosus.
¹¹ Thermopolyspora flexuosa – former name Nonomuraea flexuosa.
¹² Hansenula polymorpha also known as Pichia angusta.
¹³ Mucor javanicus also known as Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides.
¹⁴ Penicillium roquefortii also known as Penicillium roqueforti.
¹⁵ Metalloproteinase (EC 3.4.24.4) includes vibriolysin (EC 3.4.24.25), pseudolysin (EC 3.4.24.26), thermolysin (3.4.24.27), bacillolysin (EC 3.4.24.28), aureolysin (EC 3.4.24.29), coccolysin (EC 3.4.24.30), mycolysin (EC 3.4.24.31), beta-lytic metalloendopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.32), deuterolysin (EC.3.4.24.39), serralysin (EC 3.4.24.40).
¹⁶ Klebsiella pneumoniae – former name Klebsiella aerogenes.
¹⁷ Serine proteinase (EC 3.4.21.14) includes oryzin (EC 3.4.21.63).
¹⁸ Streptomyces mobaraensis – former name Streptoverticillium mobaraense.

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Amendment of Ninth Schedule

21. The Ninth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the following items and their corresponding entries:

(a)	Captafol;
(b)	Carbophenothion;
(c)	Chlordimeform and its metabolites determined as 4‑chloro‑o‑toluidine and expressed as chlordimeform;
(d)	Crufomate;
(e)	Dioxathion;
(f)	Diphenyl;
(g)	Etrimfos;
(h)	Fenchlorphos;
(i)	Fensulphothion;
(j)	Formothion;
(k)	Mevinphos.

Amendment of Tenth Schedule

22. The Tenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by deleting item (20) of sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the following items:

“

(20)

Infant formula

0.1

0.01 (applicable to infant formula as consumed)

(20A)

Baby food

0.1

0.2

”.

Amendment of Thirteenth Schedule

23. The Thirteenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Dairy‑based drinks (flavoured and/or fermented)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Dairy-based drinks (flavoured and/or fermented)

200

”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Ready‑to‑drink coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions and other hot cereal and grain beverages (excluding cocoa), and pre‑mixes for such products”, the following item and its corresponding entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Soybean‑based beverages

200

”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Fermented vegetable and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products”, the following item and its corresponding entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Vegetable, nut and seed spreads

330

”;

(d)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Cocoa and chocolate products”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Cocoa and chocolate products

550

”;

(e)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Confectionery (including hard and soft candy, nougats and marzipans)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Confectionery (including hard and soft candy, nougats and marzipans)

700

”;

(f)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Seasonings and condiments (excluding sauces)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Seasonings and condiments (excluding sauces)

”; and

(g)

by inserting, corresponding to the item “Sauces, gravies and dressings, and their mixes”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:

“

Sauces, gravies and dressings, and their mixes

350 (except for soybean sauces, where up to 165 ppm is permitted)

”.

Amendment of Fourteenth Schedule

24. Item 3 of the Fourteenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by deleting items 1 and 2 under the heading “Criteria for food on which claim is made” and substituting the following items:

“

1.	Low in saturated fatty acids (not more than 1.5g saturated fatty acids per 100g, and not more than 10% of kilocalories from saturated fatty acids), or

Free of saturated fatty acids (not more than 0.5g saturated fatty acids per 100g, and not more than 1% of the total fat is trans fatty acids); and

2.	Free of trans fatty acids (less than 0.5g trans fatty acids per 100g); and

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 515/2006; S 195/2011; S 175/2012; S 444/2012; S 493/2013; S 816/2014; S 49/2016]

Made on 31 March 2017.

OW FOONG PHENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.

[ND 202/1-76 V4; AG/LEGIS/SL/283/2015/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 56(4) of the Sale of Food Act).