Food (Amendment) Regulations 2024 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 425

Sale of Food Act 1973

Food (Amendment)
Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Sale of Food Act 1973, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 31 May 2024.

Amendment of regulation 18

2. In the Food Regulations (Rg 1), in regulation 18(1), replace the definition of “steviol glycosides” with —

“ “steviol glycosides” means any of the following:

(a)	steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (steviol glycosides from Stevia);
(b)	steviol glycosides from fermentation;
(c)	enzymatically produced steviol glycosides (including steviol glycosides produced using the enzyme uridine triphosphate (UTP)‑glucose‑1‑phosphate uridyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.9) from the source organism Bifidobacterium bifidum);
(d)	glucosylated steviol glycosides;”.

Amendment of regulation 23

3. In the Food Regulations, in regulation 23(2) —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (d), delete “and” at the end;

(b)

in sub‑paragraph (e)(v), replace the full‑stop at the end with “; and”; and

(c)

after sub‑paragraph (e), insert —

“(f)	L‑theanine in salt substitutes at a level not exceeding 15,000 ppm.”.

Amendment of regulation 252

4. In the Food Regulations, in regulation 252(6) —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (g), replace “120” with “240”;

(b)

replace sub‑paragraph (j) with —

“(j)	Lacto‑N‑tetraose, in an amount not exceeding 80 mg per 100 ml;”; and

(c)

after sub‑paragraph (j), insert —

“(k)

Sodium salt of 3’‑sialyllactose, but only if the amount of 3’‑sialyllactose does not exceed —

(i)	in the case of infant formula for an infant of or below 6 months of age — 20 mg per 100 ml; or
(ii)	in the case of infant formula for an infant above the age of 6 months but not more than 12 months of age — 15 mg per 100 ml;

(l)

Sodium salt of 6’‑sialyllactose, but only if the amount of 6’‑sialyllactose does not exceed —

(i)	in the case of infant formula for an infant of or below 6 months of age — 40 mg per 100 ml; or
(ii)	in the case of infant formula for an infant above the age of 6 months but not more than 12 months of age — 30 mg per 100 ml;

(m)

3‑fucosyllactose, in an amount not exceeding 44 mg per 100 ml.”.

Amendment of Thirteenth Schedule

5. In the Food Regulations, in the Thirteenth Schedule, in the item “Soybean‑based beverages”, under the column heading “Sucralose”, insert “400”.

[G.N. Nos. S 515/2006; S 195/2011; S 175/2012; S 444/2012; S 493/2013; S 816/2014; S 49/2016; S 152/2017; S 302/2017; S 146/2018; S 59/2019; S 580/2019; S 237/2020; S 424/2020; S 704/2020; S 813/2020; S 695/2021; S 993/2021; S 606/2022; S 760/2022; S 203/2023; S 451/2023; S 608/2023]

Made on 7 May 2024.

STANLEY LOH KA LEUNG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Sustainability and
the Environment,
Singapore.

[030/01/114; AG/LEGIS/SL/283/2020/1 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 56(8) of the Sale of Food Act 1973).

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