No. S 695
Sale of Food Act
(CHAPTER 283)
Food (Amendment) Regulations 2021
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Sale of Food Act, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 1 October 2021.
Amendment of regulation 15
2.  Regulation 15(2) of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “under these Regulations”, the words “and whose purity conforms with the specification mentioned in paragraph (4) for the food additive”.
Amendment of regulation 18
3.  Regulation 18(1) of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (d) of the definition of “steviol glycosides”, the following paragraphs:
“(e)Rebaudioside D produced by enzymatic conversion of purified Stevia leaf extract using the enzymes UDP‑glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) and sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13), produced by genetically modified strains of Pichia pastoris;
(f)Rebaudioside E produced by enzymatic conversion of purified Stevia leaf extract using the enzymes UDP‑glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) and sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13), produced by genetically modified strains of Pichia pastoris;
(g)Rebaudioside AM produced by enzymatic conversion of stevioside extracted from Stevia leaf using the enzymes UDP‑glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) and sucrose synthase (EC 2.4.1.13), produced by genetically modified strains of Escherichia coli K‑12 W311;”.
Amendment of regulation 31
4.  Regulation 31 of the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b) of paragraph (3), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:
“(ba)any salt containing mercury in excess of 0.1 ppm; or”; and
(b)by deleting the words “cocoa or cocoa products” in paragraph (5) and substituting the words “cocoa, cocoa products or salt”.
Amendment of regulation 55
5.  Regulation 55 of the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (4), the following paragraph:
“(4A)  Instant noodles may contain sodium polyacrylate in an amount not exceeding 2000 ppm.”.
Amendment of regulation 252
6.  Regulation 252(6) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (h) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:
“(i)2’‑fucosyllactose/difucosyllactose mixture that contains at least 75% (w/w) 2’‑fucosyllactose and 5% (w/w) difucosyllactose, and that is —
(i)in the case of infant formula for an infant of or below 6 months of age — in an amount not exceeding 160 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 — in an amount not exceeding 120 mg per 100 ml;
(j)Lacto‑N‑tetraose that is —
(i)in the case of infant formula for an infant of or below 6 months of age — in an amount not exceeding 80 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 — in an amount not exceeding 60 mg per 100 ml.”.
Amendment of Part I of Fourth Schedule
7.  Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, corresponding to the item “Desserts, fruit based, milk and cream”, the following entries in the appropriate columns as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Desserts, fruit based, milk and cream
 
1,000
 
1,000
 
 
”.
Amendment of Part 1 of Eighth Schedule
8.  Part 1 of the Eighth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately below the item “Sucrose esters of fatty acids”, the following item:
“Sucrose oligoesters, type I and type II;”.
Amendment of Tenth Schedule
9.  The Tenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after item (13) of sub‑paragraph (b), the following item:
“
(13A)Fat spreads and blended spreads
 
0.1
 
0.04
”.
Amendment of Thirteenth Schedule
10.  The Thirteenth Schedule to the Food Regulations is amended —
(a)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:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Vegetable, nut and seed pulps and preparations
 
 
 
 
330
 
”;
(b)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Cocoa‑based spreads, including fillings”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Cocoa‑based spreads, including fillings
 
 
 
 
330
 
”;
(c)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Bread and bakery products, and mixes for these products”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Bread and bakery products, and mixes for these products
 
 
 
 
160
 
”;
(d)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Flour confectionery products and mixes for these products (applicable to products for special nutritional use only)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Flour confectionery products and mixes for these products (applicable to products for special nutritional use only)
 
 
 
 
330
 
”;
(e)by inserting, immediately above the item “Semi‑preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (applicable to sweet and sour products only)”, the following item and its corresponding entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Semi‑preserved caviar and other fish roe products
 
 
 
 
100
 
”;
(f)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Semi‑preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (applicable to sweet and sour products only)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (applicable to sweet and sour products only)
 
 
 
 
100
 
”;
(g)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (applicable to sweet and sour products only)”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (applicable to sweet and sour products only)
 
 
 
 
100
 
”;
(h)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Mustards”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Mustards
 
 
 
 
130
 
”; and
(i)by inserting, corresponding to the item “Soups and broths, including mixes”, the following entry in the appropriate column as shown:
“
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
Soups and broths, including mixes
 
 
 
 
50
 
”.
[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]
Made on 18 August 2021.
ALBERT CHUA
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Sustainability and
the Environment,
Singapore.
[C030/01/114; AG/LEGIS/SL/283/2020/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 56(4) of the Sale of Food Act).
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