FOOD (AMENDMENT NO. 2) REGULATIONS 2017
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Sale of Food Act, the Minister for National Development makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations are the Food (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 15 June 2017.
Amendment of regulation 6
2. Regulation 6 of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:“(4) Regulation 5(4)(b) does not apply to prepacked infant formula (within the meaning of regulation 252(1)) that —(a)
does not contain an ingredient or a food additive, or a proportion of an ingredient or a food additive, which is not permitted by these Regulations for infant formula; and
(b)
bears a label containing —(i)
a specific name or description or a generic name or description (whether or not provided in the First Schedule) of every ingredient contained in the infant formula; and
(ii)
particulars about the ingredients which are otherwise in compliance with regulation 5(4)(b).”.
Amendment of regulation 254
3. Regulation 254(2) of the Food Regulations is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (f) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:“(f)
information that infants above the age of 6 months should start to receive supplemental foods in addition to the formula, where the infant formula is intended for infants above the age of 6 months.”.
[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]
| Made on 14 June 2017. CHAN LAI FUNG Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Development, Singapore. |
