Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification

Wholesome Meat and Fish Act

(Chapter 349A, Section 40)

Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification

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G.N. No. S 559/1999

REVISED EDITION 2001

(31st January 2001)

[10th December 1999]

The Director-General, Agri-food and Veterinary Services has exempted the persons referred to in the first column of the First Schedule from the provisions of the Act and the rules as specified in the second column thereof subject to the conditions stated in the third column of that Schedule.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Exemptions

First column	Second column	Third column
Persons to whom exemption is granted	Provision of Act or rules in respect of which exemption is granted	Conditions subject to which exemption is granted
1. [Deleted by S 281/2019 wef 01/04/2019]
2. Any person who imports for personal consumption any meat product or fish product of a type as specified in the first column of the Second Schedule	Section 5	The exemption shall apply only if the meat product or fish product is imported from any of the countries specified in the second column of the Second Schedule and does not exceed the maximum amount as specified in the third column of that Schedule.
3. Any person who exports any meat product or fish product for personal consumption	Section 5	The amount of the meat product or fish product to be exported shall not exceed 5 kilogrammes.
4. [Deleted by S 281/2019 wef 01/04/2019]
5. A licensee who imports by land any fish product which is intended for sale in a fish wholesale market in Singapore	Section 6 (1) (d) and Rule 7(1) of the Wholesome Meat and Fish (Import, Export and Transhipment) Rules (R 2)

[S 281/2019 wef 01/04/2019]

SECOND SCHEDULE

Countries from Which Meat Products or Fish Products May be Imported for Personal Consumption

	First column	Second column	Third column
	Type of meat product or fish product which may be imported	Countries from which meat product or fish product may be imported	Maximum amount of meat product or fish product which may be imported
1.	(a) Beef (chilled, frozen, processed or canned)	Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Uruguay and USA	5 kilogrammes per person, provided that the total quantity of the products referred to in this item does not exceed 5 kilogrammes per person
	(b) Mutton (chilled, frozen, processed or canned)	Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Uruguay, United Kingdom and USA
	(c) Pork (chilled, frozen, processed or canned)	Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA
	(d) Poultry (chilled, frozen, processed or canned)	Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, The Netherlands and United Kingdom
2.	[Deleted by S 519/2004]
3.	Fish products (except cooked crab meat, frozen cooked prawn meat and live or frozen oysters)	All countries	5 kilogrammes per person, provided that the total quantity of the product referred to in items 3, 4 and 5 does not exceed 5 kilogrammes per person.
4.	Live or frozen oysters	Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and USA	5 kilogrammes per person, provided that the total quantity of the product referred to in items 3, 4 and 5 does not exceed 5 kilogrammes per person.
5.	Frozen cooked crab meat and frozen cooked prawn meat	All countries	2 kilogrammes per person, provided that the total quantity of the product referred to in items 3, 4 and 5 does not exceed 5 kilogrammes per person.

[S 281/2019 wef 01/04/2019]

[G.N.Nos. S 559/99; S 514/2004]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification

 

This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification. It is not part of this Notification.
1.	G. N. No. S 559/1999—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification 1999
	Date of commencement	:	10 December 1999
2.	G. N. No. S 514/2000—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2000
	Date of commencement	:	10 December 1999
3.	2001 Revised Edition—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification
	Date of operation	:	31 January 2001
4.	G. N. No. S 96/2001—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) Notification 2001
	Date of commencement	:	23 February 2001
5.	G. N. No. S 647/2001—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2001
	Date of commencement	:	20 December 2001
6.	G. N. No. S 611/2002—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2002
	Date of commencement	:	2 December 2002
7.	G. N. No. S 519/2004—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2004
	Date of commencement	:	31 August 2004
8.	G.N. No. S 281/2019—Wholesome Meat and Fish (Exemption) (Amendment) Notification 2019
	Date of commencement	:	1 April 2019