Food Regulations
Table of Contents
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Citation
2 Definitions
Part II ADMINISTRATION
3 Fees
4 Analyst’s certificates for perishable foods
Part III GENERAL PROVISIONS
5 General requirements for labelling
6 Exemptions from regulation 5
7 Containers to be labelled
8 Hampers to be labelled
9 Misleading statements
10 Date marking
10A Removal, etc., of date marking prohibited
11 Claims as to presence of vitamins and minerals
12 Misleading statements in advertisements
13 Food and appliances offered as prizes
14 Prohibition of importation of non-registered food
FOOD ADDITIVES
15 Food additives
16 Anti-caking agents
17 Anti-oxidants
18 Artificial sweetening agents
19 Chemical preservatives
20 Colouring matter
21 Emulsifiers and stabilisers
22 Flavouring agents
23 Flavour enhancers
24 Humectants
25 Nutrient supplements
26 Sequestrants
27 Gaseous packaging agents
28 General purpose food additives
INCIDENTAL CONSTITUENTS IN FOOD
29 Incidental constituents in food
30 Pesticide residues
31 Heavy metals. Arsenic, lead and copper
32 Antibiotic residues
33 Oestrogen residues
34 Mycotoxins
35 Microbiological contamination
MINERAL HYDROCARBONS
36 Use of mineral hydrocarbons
CONTAINERS FOR FOOD
37 Containers for food
IRRADIATED FOOD
38 Irradiated food
Part IV STANDARDS AND PARTICULAR LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD
FLOUR, BAKERY AND CEREAL PRODUCTS
39 Flour or wheat flour
40 Wholemeal, whole wheat or entire wheat flour
41 Vital gluten flour
42 Self-raising flour
43 Protein-increased flour
44 Corn flour
45 Rice flour
46 Tapioca flour
47 Bakery products
48 Bread
49 Wholemeal bread
50 Fruit bread
51 Rye bread
52 Milk bread
53 Labelling of bakery products
54 Flour confectionery
55 Pasta
56 Labelling of pasta
AERATING INGREDIENTS
57 Cream of Tartar
58 Baking powder
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS
59 Meat
60 Fresh, raw or chilled meat
61 Frozen meat
62 Corned, cured, pickled or salted meat
63 Smoked meat
64 Minced or chopped meat
65 Hamburgers or beefburgers and similar products
66 Sausage meat
67 Sausages
68 Meat extracts, meat essences and meat juices
69 Chicken essence and double strength chicken essence
70 Meat paste or pate
FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS
71 Fish
72 Fresh or chilled fish
73 Frozen fish
74 Smoked fish
75 Salted fish
76 Fish paste
77 Fish cakes and fish balls
EDIBLE FATS AND OILS
78 Edible fats and oils
79 Labelling of edible fats or oils
80 Coconut oil
81 Corn oil
82 Cottonseed oil
83 Groundnut oil
84 Olive oil
85 Safflower oil
86 Sesame oil
87 Soya bean oil
88 Sunflower seed oil
89 Dripping
90 Lard
91 Margarine
92 Vanaspati
MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
93 Milk
94 Pasteurised milk
95 Ultra heat treated milk
96 Sterilised milk
97 Homogenised milk
98 Reconstituted or recombined milk
99 Evaporated milk
100 Sweetened condensed milk
101 Dried milk or milk powder or dried whole milk or dried full cream milk or full cream milk powder
102 Dried half cream milk
103 Skimmed or separated milk or defatted milk
104 Filled milk
105 Flavoured milk
106 Lactobacillus milk drink or cultured milk drink
107 Malted milk powder
108 Whey
109 Labelling of milk
110 Cream
111 Homogenised cream
112 Reconstituted or recombined cream
113 Thickened cream
114 Reduced cream
115 Sour cream
116 Butter
117 Cheese
118 Cheddar cheese
119 Unnamed cheese
120 Cream cheese
121 Processed or emulsified cheese
122 Cheese spread or cheese paste
123 Yoghurt
124 Fruit yoghurt
125 Ghee or ghi
ICE-CREAM, FROZEN CONFECTIONS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
126 Ice-cream
127 Dairy ice-cream
128 Milk-ice
129 Frozen confections
SAUCE, VINEGAR AND RELISHES
130 Sauce
131 Soya bean sauce
132 Oyster sauce
133 Tomato sauce
134 Chilli sauce
135 Vinegar
136 Distilled vinegar
137 Blended vinegar
138 Artificial or imitation vinegar
139 Labelling of vinegar
140 Salad dressing
141 Pickles
142 Chutney
SUGAR AND SUGAR PRODUCTS
143 Sugar
144 Refined soft brown sugar
145 Icing sugar or icing mixture
146 Molasses
147 Table molasses
148 Dextrose anhydrous
149 Dextrose monohydrate
150 Glucose syrup
151 Honey
152 Sugar confectionery
TEA, COFFEE AND COCOA
153 Tea
154 Tea dust, tea siftings and tea fannings
155 Instant tea
156 Brewed tea
157 Coffee
158 Coffee and chicory
159 Coffee mixture
160 Instant coffee or soluble coffee
161 Instant coffee and chicory or soluble coffee and chicory
162 Decaffeinated coffee
163 Cocoa beans
164 Cocoa nibs
165 Cocoa paste, cocoa mass or cocoa slab
166 Cocoa, cocoa powder or powdered cocoa
167 Cocoa essence or soluble cocoa
168 Chocolate
169 Milk chocolate
170 Chocolate confectionery
FRUIT JUICES AND FRUIT CORDIALS
171 Fruit juices
172 Concentrated fruit juice
173 Nectar
174 Fruit juice cordials, squashes or syrups
175 Fruit drinks or fruit crushes
JAMS
176 Jams
177 Fruit jelly
178 Marmalade
179 Kaya or egg jam
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
180 Flavoured cordials or syrups
181 Soya bean milk
182 Flavoured soya bean milk
183 Soft drinks
183A Natural mineral water
184 Labelling of non-alcoholic drinks
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
185 Intoxicating liquors
186 Ale, beer, lager, porter or stout
187 Wine
188 Malt wine
189 Quinine wine
190 Aromatic wine, wine cocktail and vermouth
191 Port and sherry
192 Meat wine or beef wine
193 Sparkling wine
194 Carbonated wine
195 Fruit wine
196 Cider or perry
197 Sparkling cider or sparkling perry
198 Aerated cider or aerated perry
199 Honey wine
200 Cereal grain wine and Chinese wine
201 Brandy
202 Marc brandy
203 Fruit brandy
204 Whisky
205 Rum
206 Gin
207 Vodka
208 Liqueurs and alcoholic cordials
209 Blended liquor
210 Compounded liquor
SALTS
211 Salt
212 Iodised salt
SPICES AND CONDIMENTS
213 Spices and condiments
214 Aniseed (Jintan manis)
215 Caraway seed (Jintan)
216 Greater Cardamon (Kepulaga Besar) or Lesser Cardamon (Kepulaga Kecil)
217 Celery seed (Biji Seladeri)
218 Chilli
219 Cinnamon (Kayu Manis)
220 Cloves (Bunga Cengkih)
221 Coriander (Ketumbar)
222 Cumin seed (Jintan Putih)
223 Black Cumin (Jintan Hitam)
224 Dill seed (Adas Manis)
225 Fennel fruit or seeds (Adas Pedas)
226 Fenugreek (Halba)
227 Ginger
228 Mace (Jaitree) (Bunga Pala)
229 Mustard seed (Biji Sawi)
230 Prepared mustard
231 Nutmeg (Buah Pala)
232 Black pepper or pepper corn
233 White pepper
234 Star anise (Bunga Pekak)
235 Tumeric (Kunyit)
236 Curry powder
FLAVOURING ESSENCES OR EXTRACTS
237 Almond essence
238 Ginger essence
239 Lemon essence
240 Lemon oil
241 Orange essence
242 Peppermint essence
243 Rose essence
244 Vanilla extract
245 Flavouring essences
FLAVOUR ENHANCERS
246 Monosodium glutamate
SPECIAL PURPOSE FOODS
247 Special purpose foods
248 Labelling requirements for special purpose foods
249 Low-calorie food
250 Diabetic food
251 Infants’ food
252 Infant formula
253 Infant milk formula or infant milk preparation
254 Labelling of infant formula
MISCELLANEOUS FOODS
255 Agar
256 Custard powder
257 Edible gelatin
258 Fish crackers
259 Prawn crackers
RICE
260 Rice
Part V PENALTY
261 Penalty
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE Permitted Use of General Terms in the Declaration of Ingredients
THIRD SCHEDULE Date-marking of Prepacked Food
FOURTH SCHEDULE Permitted Anti-oxidants
FIFTH SCHEDULE
SIXTH SCHEDULE
SEVENTH SCHEDULE Permitted Emulsifiers and Permitted Stabilisers
EIGHTH SCHEDULE Permitted Nutrient Supplement
NINTH SCHEDULE Permitted General Purpose Food Additives
TENTH SCHEDULE
ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Maximum Amounts of Arsenic, Lead and Copper Permitted in Food
TWELFTH SCHEDULE
Legislative History