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 No. S 000 
SALE OF FOOD ACT 
(CHAPTER 283) 
FOOD (AMENDMENT) R EGULATIONS 2020 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Sal e of 
Food Act, the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources 
makes the following Regulations: 
Citation and commencement 
1.  These Regulations are the Foo d (Amendment) Regulations 2020 
and come into operation on [1 June 2021]. 
Amendment of regulation 2 
2.  Regulation 2(1) of the Food Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by 
inserting, immediately after the definition of “premises”, the 
following definition: 
“ “trans fatty acids” means the geometrical isomers of 
monounsaturated and polyunsa turated fatty acids having 
non-conjugated, interrupted by at least one methylene group, carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration;”. 
New sub-heading and regulation 36A 
3.  The Food Regulations are amend ed by inserting, immediately 
after regulation 36, the following sub-heading and regulation: 
“PARTIALLY HYD ROGENATED OILS 
Partially hydrogenated oils 
36A. —(1)  A person must not — 
 ( a) import any edible fats or oils that contain any partially 
hydrogenated oil for use as a n ingredient of any other 
edible fats or oils or a ny prepacked food; or 
 ( b) use any edible fats or oils that contain any partially 
hydrogenated oil as an ingredient in the manufacture of any other edible fats or o ils or any prepacked food. 
(2)  In these Regulations, “par tially hydrogenated oil” means 
any edible fat or oil that has undergone the process of hydrogenation but is not fully saturated as a result of that process.”.   2     
 Amendment of regulation 78 
4.  Regulation 78 of the Food Re gulations is amended by deleting 
paragraphs (3) and (4). 
Amendment of First Schedule 
5.  The First Schedule to the Foo d Regulations is amended by 
deleting the following item: 
“Any deodorised edible 
vegetable oil, whether hydrogenated or not, when forming an ingredient of any food other than edible fats and oils Vegetable oil/fat qualified by the 
words ‘hydrogenated’ or ‘partially-hydrogenated’ as appropriate.”, 
and substituting the following item: 
“Any deodorised edible vegetable oil that is fully hydrogenated or not hydrogenated, when forming an ingredient of any food other than edible fats and oils Vegetable oil/fat qualified by the 
words ‘fully hydrogenated’ if appropriate.”. 
[G.N. Nos. S 515/2006; S 195/2011; S 175/2012; 
S 444/2012; S 493/2013; S 816/2014; S 49/2016; 
S 152/2017; S 302/2017; S 146/2018; S 59/2019; 
S 580/2019] 
Made on                             2020. 
ALBERT CHUA 
Permanent Secretary, 
Ministry of the Environment and 
Water Resources, 
Singapore.  
 