Amendment to Food Regulations 2023 published
Singapore
Apr 17, 2023
The Singapore Food Agency published Food (amendment) regulations 2023. The draft Food (Amendment No. Y) Regulations 2022 (concerning veterinary drug residues in food) notified in G/SPS/N/SGP/80 was gazetted as the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2023 on 17 April 2023 and will enter into force on 28 April 2023.
This set of amendments makes changes to the Food Regulations mainly to include provisions for maximum residue limits (MRLs) for residues of veterinary drugs in food. With effect from 28 April 2023, SFA will allow the import, manufacture and sale of food containing veterinary drug residues in accordance to the requirements in the new Regulation 33 and the new Eighteenth Schedule of the Food Regulations.
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