Food Safety and Security (Non-Packaged Drinking Water) Regulations 2025

No. S 715

Food Safety and Security Act 2025

Food Safety and Security
(Non-Packaged Drinking Water)
Regulations 2025

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 307 and 312 of the Food Safety and Security Act 2025, the Singapore Food Agency, with the approval of the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations are the Food Safety and Security (Non‑Packaged Drinking Water) Regulations 2025 and come into operation on 28 November 2025.

Definitions

2.—(1)  In these Regulations —

“applicable requirements of the Act”, for a WQMP water provider, means —

(a) the prohibition in section 115 of the Act against supplying drinking water that is unwholesome;

(b) any requirements of the Act and these Regulations with respect to —

(i) the production of the drinking water that the WQMP water provider intends to supply in the course of the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service; and

(ii) the supply of that drinking water in the course of the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service; and

(c) any directions given by the Director‑General under section 116 of the Act to the WQMP water provider;

“approved”, in relation to a drinking water quality management plan, means approved, or deemed approved under paragraph (2), by the Agency under these Regulations;

“business address” means the address of —

(a) for a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) — the partnership’s principal place of business in Singapore;

(b) for a body corporate — the body corporate’s registered office or principal office in Singapore;

(c) for an unincorporated association — the unincorporated association’s principal office in Singapore;

(d) for an individual carrying on business as a sole proprietor — the individual’s principal place of business in Singapore; or

(e) for any other individual — the individual’s place of residence or workplace in Singapore;

“chemical parameter” means any chemical mentioned in the first column of the table in Part 4 of the First Schedule;

“contact address”, for a person, means an address (which may be an email address or a business address) nominated by the person as the address at which notices and other documents under the Act for the person may be given or served;

“drinking water” excludes packaged drinking water;

“drinking water quality management plan” has the meaning given by regulation 9;

“employee”, in relation to a WQMP water provider, means an individual —

(a) who is directly employed, contracted, or otherwise engaged, to do work in the service or on behalf of the WQMP water provider;

(b) who is contracted or engaged by the WQMP water provider to do work on behalf of the WQMP water provider; or

(c) who is under an arrangement (like a secondment) making available temporarily to the WQMP water provider the services of that individual to do work;

“existing WQMP water provider” has the meaning given by paragraph (2);

“former Regulations” means the Environmental Public Health (Water Suitable for Drinking) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. S 274/2019) as in force on the relevant date;

“hazard” means a biological, chemical, physical or radiological agent that has the potential to cause harm;

“identity particulars” means —

(a) for an individual —

(i) the full name of the individual;

(ii) the number of the individual’s identity card, or of the individual’s passport or work pass if he or she is not a citizen of Singapore; and

(iii) the nationality of the individual; or

(b) for an entity —

(i) the full name of the entity;

(ii) the country where the entity was incorporated or otherwise formed; and

(iii) the Unique Entity Number (UEN) of the entity, where available;

“non‑chemical parameter” means any of the following:

(a) any microbial parameter, being any organism mentioned in the first column of the table in Part 1 of the First Schedule;

(b) any physico‑chemical parameter, being any property or characteristic mentioned in the first column of the table in Part 2 of the First Schedule;

(c) any radiological parameter, being any property or characteristic mentioned in the first column of the table in Part 3 of the First Schedule;

“parameter” includes any chemical or non‑chemical parameter;

“relevant date” means the date immediately before the commencement of these Regulations;

“risk management plan” includes a water sampling plan mentioned in paragraph (2)(b);

“WQMP water provider” means a drinking water producer to whom Part 3 applies.

(2)  Where, on the relevant date, a drinking water producer —

(a) provides a drinking water service; and

(b) has and maintains a water safety plan and a water sampling plan under the former Regulations, each of which —

(i) is applicable to the drinking water service; and

(ii) is approved under the former Regulations by the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under the Sale of Food Act 1973,

the drinking water producer is called an existing WQMP water provider for the purpose of these Regulations, and both that water safety plan and water sampling plan are deemed to continue as if they were a single drinking water quality management plan approved by the Agency under these Regulations for that drinking water service.

(3)  Where the time specified by these Regulations for doing any act expires on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the act is on time if done on the next following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

Meaning of drinking water supplied “in bulk”

3.  For the purposes of the definition of “in bulk” in section 114(1) of the Act, the prescribed volume is 4 cubic metres.

Made on 19 November 2025.

LIM CHUAN POH

Chairperson,
Singapore Food Agency.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/111D/2025/4]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 316 of the Food Safety and Security Act 2025).