§ 123 — Direction relating to food premises

123.—(1) The Director‑General may give a direction described in subsection (2) if satisfied (whether or not from the report of an authorised officer or a food inspector) —(a)

that any food premises is in an unclean or unsanitary condition or in a state of disrepair;

(b)

that the slaughtering of animals to produce meat or meat products or the meat processing is carried on in any food premises in a manner that makes the meat or meat products unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable;

(c)

that primary production activity is undertaken in any food premises in a manner that makes the primary produce unsafe, or likely to be unsafe; or

(d)

that any food is supplied or handled in any food premises in a manner that makes the food unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable.

(2) The Director‑General may direct the proprietor of the food premises to, within a specified time in the direction, do all or any of the following things:(a)

take steps, to the satisfaction of an authorised officer or a food inspector, for either or both of the following:(i)

to put the food premises (including any machinery or equipment in it) into a clean and sanitary condition, which may include disinfection;

(ii)

to alter or improve the food premises;

(b)

take specified steps to ensure that —(i)

any meat or meat products from the slaughtering of animals to produce meat or meat products, or from meat processing in the food premises are not unsafe and not unsuitable;

(ii)

any primary produce from primary production activity undertaken in the food premises is not unsafe; or

(iii)

any food supplied or handled in the food premises is not unsafe and not unsuitable.

(3) The Director‑General may, in a direction made under this section, direct that until the matters referred to in subsection (2) are complied with, the proprietor of the food premises concerned —(a)

must stop using those premises, or a specified area of those premises, to carry out such activity mentioned in subsection (2)(b) as is specified in the direction; or

(b)

must not remove, and must prevent and disallow the removal of, any meat or meat product, primary produce or food specified in the direction from those premises for any purpose except with the prior consent of an authorised officer or a food inspector.

(4) If a direction under this section includes a direction under subsection (3)(a) or (b), the Director‑General —(a)

may order that a copy of the direction be affixed to a conspicuous part of the food premises concerned in such a manner that the direction can be read by a member of the general public from outside those premises;

(b)

may, by notice published in a daily newspaper circulating in Singapore, on radio and on television, or by any other appropriate means, inform the general public that the direction has been made and the terms of the direction; and

(c)

if the Director‑General is not the licensing authority for the premises, must notify the licensing authority of the making of the direction, and any appeal made under Part 12 against the direction and the outcome of the appeal.

—(1) The Director‑General may give a direction described in subsection (2) if satisfied (whether or not from the report of an authorised officer or a food inspector) —(a)

that any food premises is in an unclean or unsanitary condition or in a state of disrepair;

(b)

that the slaughtering of animals to produce meat or meat products or the meat processing is carried on in any food premises in a manner that makes the meat or meat products unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable;

(c)

that primary production activity is undertaken in any food premises in a manner that makes the primary produce unsafe, or likely to be unsafe; or

(d)

that any food is supplied or handled in any food premises in a manner that makes the food unsafe or unsuitable, or likely to be unsafe or unsuitable.

(2) The Director‑General may direct the proprietor of the food premises to, within a specified time in the direction, do all or any of the following things:(a)

take steps, to the satisfaction of an authorised officer or a food inspector, for either or both of the following:(i)

to put the food premises (including any machinery or equipment in it) into a clean and sanitary condition, which may include disinfection;

(ii)

to alter or improve the food premises;

(b)

take specified steps to ensure that —(i)

any meat or meat products from the slaughtering of animals to produce meat or meat products, or from meat processing in the food premises are not unsafe and not unsuitable;

(ii)

any primary produce from primary production activity undertaken in the food premises is not unsafe; or

(iii)

any food supplied or handled in the food premises is not unsafe and not unsuitable.

(3) The Director‑General may, in a direction made under this section, direct that until the matters referred to in subsection (2) are complied with, the proprietor of the food premises concerned —(a)

must stop using those premises, or a specified area of those premises, to carry out such activity mentioned in subsection (2)(b) as is specified in the direction; or

(b)

must not remove, and must prevent and disallow the removal of, any meat or meat product, primary produce or food specified in the direction from those premises for any purpose except with the prior consent of an authorised officer or a food inspector.

(4) If a direction under this section includes a direction under subsection (3)(a) or (b), the Director‑General —(a)

may order that a copy of the direction be affixed to a conspicuous part of the food premises concerned in such a manner that the direction can be read by a member of the general public from outside those premises;

(b)

may, by notice published in a daily newspaper circulating in Singapore, on radio and on television, or by any other appropriate means, inform the general public that the direction has been made and the terms of the direction; and

(c)

if the Director‑General is not the licensing authority for the premises, must notify the licensing authority of the making of the direction, and any appeal made under Part 12 against the direction and the outcome of the appeal.