Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations

Environmental Public Health Act

(Chapter 95, Section 113)

Rg 16

G.N. No. S 144/1993

REVISED EDITION 2000

(31st January 2000)

[1st June 1993]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“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;

“cooked food” means any food which is wholly or partially cooked or raw food which is ordinarily consumed raw;

“food hygiene officer”, in relation to any licensed premises, means a person who, for the purpose of ensuring the standard of hygiene and sanitation in the licensed premises, is responsible for —

(a)	supervising and overseeing any person who is engaged in the sale or preparation for sale of any food in the licensed premises; and
(b)	auditing the personal and food hygiene practices and the cleaning operations in the licensed premises; [S 522/2010 wef 27/09/2010]

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

“licence” means a licence or permit referred to in section 32, 33, 34, 35 or 36 of the Act;

“licensed premises” means the premises, showboard, stall or vehicle specified in a licence;

“licensee” means a person who holds a valid licence and includes any nominee appointed by a licensee under regulation 7(1);

“preparation”, in relation to the preparation for sale of food, includes the manufacture, packing, delivery, carriage, storage and serving of food and “prepare” shall be construed accordingly;

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

“street vendor” means a person who holds a valid licence to sell or expose for sale any food or goods in any showboard or stall, which is erected along a road, lane, alley, back-lane or footway;

“thawed frozen”, in relation to raw meat, means raw meat frozen and then thawed at a temperature not above 4ºC;

[S 222/2000 wef 01/05/2000]

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

[G. N. Nos. S 144/93; S 268/96; S 471/99]

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