Briefly
On 15 August 2025, the Well being Sciences Authority (HSA) issued an replace on merchandise discovered and reported by abroad regulators to include potent elements which might be prohibited and should trigger unwanted side effects.
The HSA printed a consolidated record of well being merchandise that had been discovered and reported by well being regulators abroad (together with these within the US, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong) to include potent elements.
The HSA additionally supplied a short clarification of the doable unwanted side effects of the potent elements present in these well being merchandise. The total record of well being merchandise and their respective unwanted side effects may be discovered right here.
The HSA advises the general public to keep away from buying any of the listed merchandise whereas abroad and to train warning when shopping for well being merchandise on-line or from unknown sources. It recommends that customers solely buy well being merchandise from well-established retailers in Singapore.
Sellers and suppliers of well being merchandise ought to notice that anybody who provides adulterated well being merchandise in Singapore could face a positive of as much as SGD 100,000, imprisonment for as much as three years, or each.
To reinforce the safety of native customers from probably dangerous well being merchandise out there each abroad and on-line, the HSA conducts native surveillance and displays abroad enforcement actions. The HSA gives updates to customers about merchandise that might pose public well being dangers.
The HSA’s shut monitoring of noncompliant well being merchandise in different nations and of abroad regulators’ actions reveals that potential noncompliance in different jurisdictions could result in knock-on dangers in Singapore (e.g., damaging publicity, potential notion in Singapore that the well being merchandise are adulterated, and so on.).
If sellers and suppliers of well being merchandise in Singapore change into topic to investigations or enforcement in different nations, they need to contemplate whether or not the merchandise being equipped and distributed in Singapore are affected. If that’s the case, they have to contemplate whether or not any product defect or opposed occasion reporting obligations are triggered.
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© 2025 Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow. All rights reserved. Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow is integrated with restricted legal responsibility and is a member agency of Baker & McKenzie Worldwide, a world regulation agency with member regulation corporations world wide. In accordance with the widespread terminology utilized in skilled service organizations, reference to a “principal” means an individual who’s a accomplice, or equal, in such a regulation agency. Equally, reference to an “workplace” means an workplace of any such regulation agency. This will likely qualify as “Lawyer Promoting” requiring discover in some jurisdictions. Prior outcomes don’t assure an analogous end result.
Briefly
On 15 August 2025, the Well being Sciences Authority (HSA) issued an replace on merchandise discovered and reported by abroad regulators to include potent elements which might be prohibited and should trigger unwanted side effects.
The HSA printed a consolidated record of well being merchandise that had been discovered and reported by well being regulators abroad (together with these within the US, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong) to include potent elements.
The HSA additionally supplied a short clarification of the doable unwanted side effects of the potent elements present in these well being merchandise. The total record of well being merchandise and their respective unwanted side effects may be discovered right here.
The HSA advises the general public to keep away from buying any of the listed merchandise whereas abroad and to train warning when shopping for well being merchandise on-line or from unknown sources. It recommends that customers solely buy well being merchandise from well-established retailers in Singapore.
Sellers and suppliers of well being merchandise ought to notice that anybody who provides adulterated well being merchandise in Singapore could face a positive of as much as SGD 100,000, imprisonment for as much as three years, or each.
To reinforce the safety of native customers from probably dangerous well being merchandise out there each abroad and on-line, the HSA conducts native surveillance and displays abroad enforcement actions. The HSA gives updates to customers about merchandise that might pose public well being dangers.
The HSA’s shut monitoring of noncompliant well being merchandise in different nations and of abroad regulators’ actions reveals that potential noncompliance in different jurisdictions could result in knock-on dangers in Singapore (e.g., damaging publicity, potential notion in Singapore that the well being merchandise are adulterated, and so on.).
If sellers and suppliers of well being merchandise in Singapore change into topic to investigations or enforcement in different nations, they need to contemplate whether or not the merchandise being equipped and distributed in Singapore are affected. If that’s the case, they have to contemplate whether or not any product defect or opposed occasion reporting obligations are triggered.
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© 2025 Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow. All rights reserved. Baker & McKenzie. Wong & Leow is integrated with restricted legal responsibility and is a member agency of Baker & McKenzie Worldwide, a world regulation agency with member regulation corporations world wide. In accordance with the widespread terminology utilized in skilled service organizations, reference to a “principal” means an individual who’s a accomplice, or equal, in such a regulation agency. Equally, reference to an “workplace” means an workplace of any such regulation agency. This will likely qualify as “Lawyer Promoting” requiring discover in some jurisdictions. Prior outcomes don’t assure an analogous end result.
