Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

No. S 222

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95)

Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 113(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act, the Minister for the Environment hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st May 2000.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations (Rg 16, 2000 Ed.) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “chilled fresh” and substituting the following definition:

“ “chilled fresh”, in relation to raw meat and uncooked fish, means raw meat or uncooked fish, as the case may be, that is stored in a refrigerated facility at a temperature not below 0º C and not above 4º C;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “cooked food”, the following definition:

“ “frozen”, in relation to raw meat, means raw meat stored in a refrigerated facility at a temperature not above –12º C;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “preparation”, the following definition:

“ “raw meat” does not include raw fish and uncooked fish;”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “thawed frozen” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “uncooked fish” means raw fish that is intended to be consumed raw.”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 11

3. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Licensee not to sell raw meat or uncooked fish in certain conditions

11. No licensee shall sell at his licensed premises —

(a)	raw meat, unless the raw meat is chilled fresh, frozen or thawed frozen; and
(b)	uncooked fish, unless the uncooked fish is chilled fresh.”.

Amendment of regulation 13

4. Regulation 13 (f) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “pork” in the 1st line and substituting the word “meat”;
(b)	by deleting the word “pork” in sub-paragraph (i) and substituting the word “meat”; and
(c)	by deleting the word “pork” in sub-paragraph (ii) and substituting the word “meat”.

Amendment of regulation 14

5. Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “pork” in the regulation heading and substituting the word “meat”; and
(b)	by deleting the word “pork” in the 2nd line and substituting the word “meat”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 15

6. Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Storage of raw meat and uncooked fish

15. Any person who is engaged in the sale or preparation for sale of any raw meat or uncooked fish shall —

(a)	in the case of raw meat that has been frozen, store the raw meat in a freezer, cold room or other refrigerated facility at all times;
(b)	in the case of raw meat that is chilled fresh or thawed frozen, store the raw meat in a chiller at all times; and
(c)	in the case of uncooked fish, store the uncooked fish in a chiller at all times.”.

Deletion and substitution of Schedule

7. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 12(e)

Temperatures for Storage of Food

Type of food

Temperature

(1) Frozen meat

not above — 12º C

(2) Ice-cream

not above — 2º C

(3) Chilled fresh meat and uncooked fish

not below 0º C and not above 4º C

(4) Thawed frozen meat

not below 0º C and not above 4º C

(5) Dairy products and any other product that is required to be stored at a chilled temperature as stated on its product label

not above 7º C.”.

Application of Regulations

8. These Regulations shall not apply to —

(a)	any licensee who sells uncooked fish or any raw meat other than raw pork and raw poultry; and
(b)	any person engaged in the sale or preparation for sale of uncooked fish or any raw meat other than raw pork and raw poultry,

from 1st May 2000 to 31st October 2000.

Made this 26th day of April 2000.

TAN GEE PAW

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.

[ENV/LD/39/3.1.2; AG/LEG/SL/95/97/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 113(4) of the Environmental Public Health Act).

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