No. S 493
Sale of Food Act
(CHAPTER 283)
Food
(Amendment)
Regulations 2013
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 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2013.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definition of “premises” and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:
“ “young children” means persons who are more than 12 months but not more than 36 months of age.”.
Amendment of regulation 19
3.  Regulation 19 of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (2)(a)(iv);
(b)by inserting, at the end of paragraph (2)(b)(vii), the word “; and”;
(c)by deleting sub‑paragraph (viii) of paragraph (2)(b);
(d)by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (b) of paragraph (2), the following sub‑paragraph:
“(c)Class III chemical preservative shall be dimethyl dicarbonate.”;
(e)by inserting, immediately before the words “the Fourth Schedule” in paragraph (3)(b)(i) and (ii), the words “Part I of”;
(f)by inserting, immediately before the words “that schedule” in paragraph (3)(b)(ii), the words “Part I of”; and
(g)by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (b) of paragraph (3), the following sub‑paragraph:
“(c)No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food to which a Class III chemical preservative has been added, except that a Class III chemical preservative may be added to any food, and in such proportion, specified in Part II of the Fourth Schedule.”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 34
4.  Regulation 34 of the Food Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
“Mycotoxins
34.  No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver any article of food containing any detectable amount of mycotoxins, unless the detectable amount of mycotoxin for any specified food does not exceed the maximum amount specified as follows:
Mycotoxin
Type of food
Maximum amount of any one or more Mycotoxins in parts per billion
(a)
Aflatoxin B1
(i)Any article of food except food for infants or young children
5
 
 
(ii)Food for infants or young children
0.1
(b)
Aflatoxins, total (B1, B2, G1 and G2)
Any article of food except food for infants or young children
5
(c)
Aflatoxin M1
(i)Milk
0.5
 
 
(ii)Infant formula
0.025 calculated on the reconstituted ready‑to‑drink product
(d)
Patulin
(i)Food for infants or young children (except processed cereal‑based foods)
10
 
 
(ii)Fruit juice
50
 
 
(iii)Food containing fruit juice as ingredient
50
”.
New regulation 34B
5.  The Food Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 34A, the following regulation:
“Melamine
34B.  No person shall import, sell, advertise, manufacture, consign or deliver —
(a)any powdered infant formula containing melamine in excess of 1 ppm;
(b)any liquid infant formula (as consumed) containing melamine in excess of 0.15 ppm; or
(c)any food (other than powdered infant formula or liquid infant formula (as consumed)) containing melamine in excess of 2.5 ppm.”.
Amendment of regulation 140
6.  Regulation 140(1) of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, after the word “permitted”, the words “chemical preservatives,”.
Amendment of regulation 250A
7.  Regulation 250A(2) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the words “not more than 3 g in total of phytosterols, phytosterol esters, phytostanols or phytostanol esters” and substituting the words “not more than 3 g in total of phytosterols or phytostanols”.
Amendment of regulation 252
8.  Regulation 252(6) of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b); and
(b)by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:
“(d)Polydextrose, in an amount not exceeding a total level of 0.2 g per 100 ml.”.
Deletion and substitution of Fourth Schedule
9.  The Fourth Schedule to the Food Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
“FOURTH SCHEDULE
Regulations 19(3)(b) and (c),
62(3), 63(3) and 66(3)
Part I
PERMITTED CLASS II CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES
IN SELECTED FOODS
Selected Foods
Maximum amount of Chemical Preservative in Parts per Million
Chemical Preservative No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Calculated as Sulphur dioxide
Benzoic acid
Methyl or Propyl para-hydroxy benzoate
Sorbic acid
Propionic acid
Sodium nitrite
Sodium nitrate
Beer
25
70
70
 
 
 
 
Bread
 
 
 
1,000
3,000
 
 
Cabbage, dehydrated
2,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
Candied peel or cut and drained (syruped) peel
100
 
 
 
 
 
 
Canned abalone (paua)
1,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cheese (excluding processed cheese and ripened cheese)
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Cheese, processed
 
 
 
3,000
 
 
 
Cheese, ripened
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
50
Christmas pudding
 
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
Cider
200
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coconut, dessicated
50
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cocktail (alcoholic)
120
400
 
 
 
 
 
Coffee (or coffee mixture or liquid extract)
 
450
450
 
 
 
 
Colouring matter, if in the form of a solution of a permitted colouring matter
 
2,000
2,000
1,000
 
 
 
Cooked molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms
 
2,000
 
2,000
 
 
 
Crustaceans, uncooked
100
(in the edible portion)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Decorations, icings and frostings
 
1,000
 
1,500
 
 
 
Desserts, fruit based, milk and cream
100
 
 
 
300
 
 
Drinking chocolate concentrate
 
700
700
 
 
 
 
Fat spread
 
 
 
2,000
 
 
 
Fillings and toppings (fruit or vegetable based)
350
800
800
450
1,000
 
 
Fish, smoked and cured
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
Flavouring emulsions or flavouring syrup
350
800
800
1,000
 
 
 
Flour confectionery
 
 
 
1,000
1,000
 
 
Flour intended for use in the manufacture of biscuits
200
 
 
 
 
 
 
Formulated nutritional bars
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Fruits, crystallised, glace or drained
100
1,000
1,000
1,000
 
 
 
Fruits, dried (apples, apricots, figs, nectarines, peaches, pears, prunes, raisins)
2,000
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Fruits (fresh, whole and unpeeled, except longans and lychees)
30
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fruit or fruit pulp (other than tomato pulp) intended for manufacturing purposes
3,000
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Fruit (other than fresh fruit or fruit pulp not otherwise specified in this Table)
350
800
800
1,000
 
 
 
Fruit drink or fruit crush
120
400
400
400
 
 
 
Fruit juices
120
400
400
400
 
 
 
Fruit juices, concentrate
350
800
800
1,000
 
 
 
Gelatin
750
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ginger, dry root
150
 
 
 
 
 
 
Glucose drink containing solid contents not less than 23.5% (w/v) of glucose
120
400
400
400
 
 
 
Hamburgers and similar products
450
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jam, including preserves sold for dietetic purposes
100
500
500
1,000
 
 
 
Jellyfish, seasoned
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Longans (fresh, whole and unpeeled)
50
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lychees (fresh, whole and unpeeled)
50
 
 
 
 
 
 
Margarine
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Marzipan and sweetened nut paste
 
 
 
1,000
 
 
 
Meat, canned, cured, pickled, salted or smoked whether cooked or uncooked
 
 
 
 
 
125
500
Pectin, liquid
250
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perry
200
 
 
200
 
 
 
Pickles other than pickled vegetables that require washing before consumption
100
250
250
1,000
 
 
 
Pickled vegetables that require washing before consumption
100
1,000
1,000
1,000
 
 
 
Potatoes, raw, peeled
50
 
 
 
 
 
 
Potatoes, dehydrated
550
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salad dressing
300
750
250
1,000
 
 
 
Sauces
300
750
250
1,000
 
 
 
Sausages, or sausage meat
450
 
 
 
 
125
500
Semi‑preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms
 
2,000
 
2,000
 
 
 
Silicon anti‑foam emulsion
1,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
 
 
 
Soft drinks for consumption before dilution
350
800
800
1,500
 
 
 
Soft drinks for consumption without dilution (other than fruit drink or fruit crush)
70
160
160
300
 
 
 
Starches, prepared
100
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starch, hydrolysed (solid)
70
 
 
 
 
 
 
Starch, hydrolysed (syrup) (including glucose syrup)
400
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sugar or sugar syrups, other than sugar or sugar syrups for manufacturing purposes
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sugar or sugar syrups for manufacturing purposes
70
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tomato pulp, paste or puree
350
800
800
 
 
 
 
Vegetables, dehydrated (other than cabbage or potato)
2,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vinegar
200
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vinegar, imitation, artificial
70
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wine (including alcoholic cordials)
300
 
 
200
 
 
 
Yoghurt, fruits
60
120
120
300
 
 
 
Part II
PERMITTED CLASS III CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVES
IN SELECTED FOODS
Selected Foods
Maximum amount of dimethyl dicarbonate in parts per million*
Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport", "energy", or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks
250
Ready-to-drink coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages (excluding cocoa)
250
Cider and perry
250
Grape wines
200
Wines (other than grape)
250
Mead
200
*Added level; residue of dimethyl dicarbonate not detected in the ready‑to‑eat food.”.
Amendment of Sixth Schedule
10.  The Sixth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the item “Alginic acid; ammonium alginate; calcium alginate; potassium alginate; sodium alginate;”, the following item:
“Arabinogalactan (larch gum);”.
Amendment of Eighth Schedule
11.  The Eighth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the item “Alpha‑amylase (endo‑amylase from a genetically modified strain of Bacillus licheniformis);”, the following items:
“Alpha-amylase (from Bacillus subtilis);
Aminopeptidase (from Aspergillus oryzae);”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the item “Carnauba wax;”, the following item:
“Cellulase (from Trichoderma longibrachiatum);”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the item “Fumaric acid;”, the following item:
“Glucoamylase (amyloglucosidase from Aspergillus niger);”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after the item “Glycerol esters of citric, lactic and tartaric acids;”, the following item:
“Glycerophospholipid cholesterol acyltransferase (from a genetically modified strain of Bacillus licheniformis);”; and
(e)by inserting, immediately after the item “Helium;”, the following items:
“Hemicellulase (endo-1,4‑β‑xylanase from a genetically modified strain of Aspergillus niger or Bacillus subtilis);
Hexose oxidase (from a genetically modified strain of Hansenula polymorpha);”.
Amendment of Twelfth Schedule
12.  The Twelfth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the following item and the footnote thereto:
“
(here insert the nutrients for which nutrition claims are made, or any other nutrients to be declared)**
g
g
”,
and substituting the following item:
“
(here insert the nutrients for which nutrition claims are made, or any other nutrients to be declared)
mcg, mg, g or other units of measurement as appropriate
mcg, mg, g or other units of measurement as appropriate
”.
Miscellaneous amendments
13.  The Food Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately before the words “the Fourth Schedule” in the following provisions, the words “Part I of”:
Regulations 62(3), 63(3) and 66(3).
[G.N. Nos. S 515/2006; S 195/2011;S 175/2012; S 444/2012]
Made this 27th day of June 2013.
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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