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  • 67 - Food technology
2018-11-16
2018-09-18

Food

Draft Food (Amendment) Regulations 2019

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has completed a review of the Food Regulations and proposes the following amendments:

a)       To extend the use of the health claim on blood cholesterol lowering effect, currently permitted for barley beta-glucan, to oat beta-glucan:

"Barley beta-glucans/Oat beta-glucans have been shown to lower/reduce blood cholesterol. High blood cholesterol is a risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease."

b)      To delete the requirement for shell eggs treated with mineral hydrocarbons to be marked with the word "SEALED" (The above amendments have also been notified to the SPS Committee)

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