Food Safety and Security Act 2025

407 sections

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to food safety in connection with the production of primary produce, the supply of food and the provision of drinking water, to improve food security in Singapore, to promote the general public’s health through better diet and nutrition, to repeal the Sale of Food Act 1973 and the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999, and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other Acts.

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PART 1 — PRELIMINARYs 1–s 17 · 17 sectionsPART 2 — STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE OF FOOD SUPPLIES IN SINGAPOREs 18–s 41 · 24 sectionsDivision 1 — Interpretive provisionss 18–s 19 · 2 sectionsDivision 2 — Minimum stockholding requirement or MSRs 20–s 31 · 12 sectionsDivision 3 — Information about agri-food supply chains 32–s 36 · 5 sectionsDivision 4 — General provisionss 37–s 41 · 5 sectionsPART 3 — IMPORT, EXPORT AND TRANSHIPMENTs 42–s 89 · 48 sectionsDivision 1 — Application and interpretive provisionss 42–s 44 · 3 sectionsDivision 2 — Import, export and transhipment offencess 45–s 58 · 14 sectionsDivision 3 — Import-controlled items offencess 59–s 66 · 8 sectionsDivision 4 — Defence and presumptions 67–s 68 · 2 sectionsDivision 5 — Prohibitions, inspection schemes and holding orderss 69–s 75 · 7 sectionsDivision 6 — Licensings 76–s 85 · 10 sectionsDivision 7 — Traceability obligation for importerss 86–s 89 · 4 sectionsPART 4 — FOOD BUSINESSESs 90–s 104 · 15 sectionsDivision 1 — Interpretive provisionss 90 · 1 sectionDivision 2 — Food business licence for licensable food businesss 91–s 97 · 7 sectionsDivision 3 — Traceability obligations for licensable food businessess 98–s 101 · 4 sectionsDivision 4 — Offencess 102–s 104 · 3 sectionsPART 5 — DEFINED FOOD AND PRE-MARKET APPROVALs 105–s 113 · 9 sectionsPART 6 — PROVISION OF NON-PACKAGED DRINKING WATERs 114–s 117 · 4 sectionsPART 7 — FOOD SAFETY AND SUSTAINABLE PRIMARY PRODUCTION MEASURESs 118–s 141 · 24 sectionsDivision 1 — General provisionss 118–s 122 · 5 sectionsDivision 2 — Food safety directionss 123–s 133 · 11 sectionsDivision 3 — Animal feed and primary production directionss 134–s 138 · 5 sectionsDivision 4 — Miscellaneouss 139–s 141 · 3 sectionsPART 8 — OFFENCES RELATING TO FOOD SAFETYs 142–s 171 · 30 sectionsDivision 1 — Application and interpretive provisionss 142–s 143 · 2 sectionsDivision 2 — Offencess 144–s 163 · 20 sectionsDivision 3 — Defencess 164–s 171 · 8 sectionsPART 9 — FOOD AND HEALTH PROMOTIONs 172–s 176 · 5 sectionsPART 10 — MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE CONDUCT AND OTHER MARKETING OFFENCESs 177–s 188 · 12 sectionsPART 11 — CERTAIN AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTION INPUTSs 189–s 223 · 35 sectionsDivision 1 — Application and interpretive provisionss 189–s 190 · 2 sectionsSubdivision (1) — Licensing of animal feed productions 191–s 197 · 7 sectionsSubdivision (2) — Traceability obligations for animal feed productions 198–s 201 · 4 sectionsSubdivision (3) — Animal feed offencess 202–s 204 · 3 sections

Subdivision (1) — Registration of plant pesticide productss 205–s 209 · 5 sections

Subdivision (2) — Certified pesticide operatorss 210–s 213 · 4 sections

Subdivision (3) — Plant pesticide offences, defences and presumptionss 214–s 223 · 10 sections

PART 12 — APPEALSs 224–s 229 · 6 sectionsPART 13 — MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENTs 230–s 273 · 44 sectionsDivision 1 — General provisionss 230–s 231 · 2 sectionsDivision 2 — Monitoring powerss 232–s 243 · 12 sectionsDivision 3 — Investigating powerss 244–s 252 · 9 sectionsDivision 4 — Offences relating to enforcements 253–s 257 · 5 sectionsDivision 5 — Evidential and ancillary matters of general applications 258–s 273 · 16 sectionsPART 14 — ADMINISTRATIONs 274–s 306 · 33 sectionsDivision 1 — Personnels 274–s 284 · 11 sectionsDivision 2 — Outsourced enforcement officerss 285–s 286 · 2 sectionsDivision 3 — Authorised analystss 287–s 290 · 4 sectionsDivision 4 — General provisions on licences, permits, etc.s 291–s 299 · 9 sectionsDivision 5 — Miscellaneouss 300–s 306 · 7 sectionsPART 15 — REGULATIONS AND CODESs 307–s 318 · 12 sectionsPART 16 — MISCELLANEOUSs 319–s 321 · 3 sectionsPART 17 — AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS AND FINAL PROVISIONSs 322–s 342 · 21 sectionsDivision 1 — Animals and Birds Act 1965s 322–s 327 · 6 sectionsDivision 2 — Central Provident Fund Act 1953s 328 · 1 sectionDivision 3 — Consumer Protection (Trade Descriptions and Safety Requirements) Act 1975s 329 · 1 sectionDivision 4 — Control of Plants Act 1993s 330–s 340 · 11 sectionsDivision 5 — Environmental Public Health Act 1987s 341–s 342 · 2 sections

“TEMPORARY FAIRS AND NON-FOOD HAWKING”.s 343–s 405 · 65 sections (20 directly here)

Division 6 — Feeding Stuffs Act 1965s 361–s 371 · 11 sections

Division 7 — Fisheries Act 1966s 372–s 374 · 3 sections

Division 8 — Good Samaritan Food Donation Act 2024s 375 · 1 section

Division 9 — Infectious Diseases Act 1976s 376–s 389 · 14 sections

Division 10 — National Parks Board Act 1996s 390 · 1 section

Division 11 — Sale of Food Act 1973s 391–s 395 · 5 sections

Division 12 — Singapore Food Agency Act 2019s 396–s 398 · 3 sections

Division 13 — Weights and Measures Act 1975s 399 · 1 section

Division 14 — Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999s 400–s 403 · 4 sections

Division 15 — Wildlife Act 1965s 404 · 1 section

Division 16 — Saving and transitionals 405 · 1 section

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Official citation: FSSA2025
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Food Safety and Security Act 2025 (sso.agc.gov.sg). Retrieved via LawPlayer, https://lawplayer.com/sg/act/FSSA2025

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