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The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act required all "consumer commodities" to have a label. Under the act, consumer commodities were defined as any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, that is produced or distributed for sale through retails sales/agencies for consumption by individuals or used by individuals for the purpose of personal care.
Registration of Criminals (Amendment) Act 2016; Singapore Workforce Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2016; SkillsFuture Singapore Agency Act 2016; Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016; Supply Act 2016; Telecommunications (Amendment) Act 2016; Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) Act 2016; Women's Charter (Amendment ...
In 2019, 36% of plastic bags used for packaging were required to be recycled, but this percentage was increased to 63% in 2022. [326] An amendment to the Packaging Act was introduced on 9 February 2021, banning all single-use plastic, including shopping bags, from 1 January 2022. [327]
The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) is Singapore's competition regulator.It was first established as the Competition Commission of Singapore on 1 January 2005 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, taking up its current name on 1 April 2018 to reflect its new role in consumer rights, a role previously under SPRING Singapore.
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William Farquhar, who served as the first resident of Singapore from 1819 to 1823. On 30 January 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles, an Englishman who was the Governor of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia), entered into a preliminary agreement with the Temenggung of Johor, Abdul Rahman Sri Maharajah, for the British East India Company to establish a "factory" or trading post on the island of Singapore.
The Government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore.Ministries are led by a member of the Cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight.
The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (abbreviation: SPRING Singapore) was a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Singapore Government. It worked as an agency for enterprise development, and helped enterprises enhance their competitiveness in the Singapore market.