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Food Safety Regulations in Singapore – Genetic Modification, Manufacturing Process, and Food Labelling
Food safety in Singapore is strictly regulated through legislation and is overseen by the Singapore Food Agency (“SGFA”), which administers the Sale of Food Act 1973 of Singapore (“SFA”) and the Food Regulations (“FR”), to ensure that food made available for sale in Singapore is safe for consumption, and to safeguard public health, including food labelling requirements that support the SGFA’s food safety regime. This article contains an overview of the laws and regulations, or regulatory framework, in Singapore relating to genetically modified (“GM”) foods (“GM foods”), manufacturing or packing of food, food labelling in general, food advertisements, labelling of nutritional information, health claims, and labelling of novel foods and GM foods. Presently, although GM technology and GM foods are…To read the full article, please see the PDF file
*2023.11.21 Correction of "GM" to "novel" on p.12
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Bayfront Law is Nishimura & Asahi Singapore Office’s counterpart in the Nishimura & Asahi - Bayfront Law Alliance, which is based on Singapore law.
Masato Yamanaka joined Nishimura & Asahi in April 2008 after working for Mitsui, Yasuda, Wani & Maeda, Linklaters and Miyakezaka Sogo Law Office. After being seconded to Norton Rose Hong Kong, he started working for Nishimura & Asahi (Singapore) LLP in 2012. Since then, he has supported numerous clients with their M&A transactions, finance, and general corporate matters in the ASEAN region, especially in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. He has significant expertise in public M&As in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
In addition to seven years' experience in Vietnam, Taro also has experience in working as in-house counsel for a major trading company. He has strong expertise in cross-border M&A/joint ventures, real estate development, labor, compliance, crisis management deals, and international transactions. In recent years, the scope of his work has expanded to include Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries. He is also a member of the Agrifood Practice Team.
Based on his experience working for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, he provides a wide range of regulatory compliance, policy advocacy and rulemaking, and new business and business development advice, as well as contract-related support in the agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and food sectors. He also provides strategic support for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, business succession, start-up financing, intellectual property strategies, and international transactions. The Agri-Food Practice was "Commended" at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards 2023 for its innovative activities.
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