Review of Inventory for Schedule 5 Toxins

MOH issued a letter to laboratories to conduct a review of their inventory for schedule 5 toxins. The letter and the list of Schedule 5 toxins can be viewed by clicking on the links below.

Review of Inventory for Schedule 5 Toxins
Annex 1. List of Schedule 5 Toxins

BATA Examination

The Regulatory Policy Branch will be conducting a BATA Examination for those who have passed the Biosafety Core Examination during the A-PBA Biosafety Management Course.

The examination details are as follows: 
Date:     30 May 2012
Time:     10.00 am
Venue:   Lecture Room
               Ministry of Health
               Level 1 College of Medicine Building
               16 College Road
               Singapore 169854

Please bring your own reference materials for the BATA examination as the exam is an open book examination.

If you failed the BATA examination 3 times in the past, you are not qualified to take this examination. You can only take the BATA exam again 2 years after the last time you took the BATA.

For those interested to take the examination, please e-mail the following details to moh_biosafety@moh.gov.sg :
1. Name
2. Designation
3. Institute
4. E-mail Address
5. Contact Number
6. Copy of A-PBA Certificate

Feedbacks, Comments or Suggestion on the BATA

The Biological Agents and Toxins Act (BATA) came into operation in Singapore on 3 January 2006 with the objective of safeguarding the nation’s safety and security in relation to biological agents and toxins.  BATA regulates the possession, use, import, transhipment, transfer and transportation of biological agents and toxins, and provides for safe practices in the handling of such biological agents and toxins.

We greatly appreciate and encourage suggestions from the public on how BATA can be improved by making it more effective in protecting national biosafety and biosecurity, while ensuring that it remains minimally disruptive to research and development.

Please send your comments/suggestion or feedback preferably on or before 15^th May 2012

via any of the following modes:

1. E-mail to moh_biosafety@moh.gov.sg
2. By Post to: Regulatory Policy Branch - Biosafety Team, College of Medicine Building, 16 College Road, Singapore 169854
3. Biosafety website via "Feedback" which can be found at the right hand corner of the homepage  

For more information on BATA and its regulations, please visit our website at www.biosafety.moh.gov.sg under “About BATA”.

New Updates

The MOH-BSL3 Laboratory Certification Checklist had been revised. 

MOH-BSL3 Laboratory Cerfication Checklist