Adulteration
Open ↗25. For the purposes of this Act, any food is deemed to be adulterated if —(a)
it contains or is mixed or diluted with any substance which diminishes in any manner its nutritive or other beneficial properties as compared with such food in a pure and normal state and in an undeteriorated and sound condition, or which in any other manner operates or may operate to the prejudice or disadvantage of the purchaser or consumer;
(b)
any substance or ingredient has been extracted or omitted from it, and by reason of such extraction or omission the nutritive or other beneficial properties of the food as sold are less than those of the food in its pure and normal state or the purchaser or consumer is or may be in any manner prejudiced;
(c)
it contains or is mixed or diluted with any substance of lower commercial value than such food in a pure and normal state and in an undeteriorated and sound condition;
(d)
it does not comply with the prescribed standard; or
(e)
it contains any substance which renders the food injurious to health.
Liability of importer, packer or manufacturer
Open ↗26. Where any food or food contact article in connection with which there is a breach of any provision of this Act is sold in an unopened package, any person who appears from any statement thereon or attached thereto to have imported or manufactured or prepared that food or food contact article or to have enclosed it in that package is, unless proved to the contrary, deemed to have so imported, manufactured, prepared or enclosed that food or food contact article and shall be liable to the same fine as if that person had actually sold that food or food contact article, as the case may be.[48/2017]
Sale by agent or employee
Open ↗27. For the purposes of this Act —(a)
every person is deemed to sell any food or food contact article who sells the food or food contact article either on the person’s own account or as the agent or employee of any other person; and
(b)
in the case of any sale by an agent or employee, the agent’s or employee’s principal or employer shall be under the same liability as if the principal or employer had effected the sale personally.[48/2017]
Presumptions as to sale for human consumption
Open ↗28.—(1) When any food or food contact article is sold or exposed or offered for sale, it is, unless the contrary is proved, deemed to be sold or exposed or offered for sale for human consumption or use.[48/2017]
(2) The purchase and sale of a sample of any food under this Act for the purpose of analysis or examination is deemed to be a purchase and sale of such food for human consumption or use, unless the seller proves that the bulk from which the sample was taken was not offered, exposed or intended for sale for human consumption or use.
(3) For the purposes of this Act every person is deemed to sell or to intend to sell any food if the person sells or intends to sell for human consumption any article of which the food is a constituent.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
