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新加坡食品条例Food Regulations—Part3.8A 营养信息表(Nutrition information panel)

  Nutrition information panel

  8A.—(1)  No label shall contain any nutrition claim unless it also includes a nutrition information panel in the form specified in the Twelfth Schedule or in such other similar form as may be acceptable to the Director-General, specifying the energy value, the amounts of protein, carbohydrate, fat and the amount of any other nutrients for which a nutrition claim is made in respect of the food.

  (2)  Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where any label includes a nutrition claim with respect to salt, sodium or potassium or any two or all of them, but does not include any other nutrition claim, reference to energy or nutrients other than sodium and potassium may be omitted from the panel.

  (3)  For the purpose of these Regulations, “nutrition claim” means a representation that suggests or implies that a food has a nutritive property, whether general or specific and whether expressed affirmatively or negatively, and includes reference to —

  (a)

  energy;

  (b)

  salt, sodium or potassium;

  (c)

  amino acids, carbohydrates, cholesterol, fats, fatty acids, fibre, protein, starch or sugars; or

  (d)

  any other nutrients,

  but does not include a statement of ingredients or a declaration or claim relating to a vitamin or mineral.

  (4)  Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any prepacked food which has a total surface area of less than 100 square centimetres and which has included in the label —

  (a)

  a statement of the quantity of each nutrient in respect of which the nutrition claim is made; or

  (b)

  where there is a claim that the food is free of sugar or where there is a claim as to the energy value of the food, a statement of the energy yield of the food.