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:
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 SCHEDULERegulations 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 IIPERMITTED 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.”.
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).
