Category: GENERAL

GENERAL, NEWS

Vegetables Trader Fined for Illegally Importing Fresh Vegetables From Malaysia

Singapore licensee – “Chan Poh Seng” of “Chye Soon Vegetables Trader” was fined $2,500 by the Court today for illegally importing fresh vegetables. 2 In December 2019, officers from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) detected 127kg of under-declared fresh vegetables in the consignments imported from Malaysia. All the illegal consignments were seized. 3 Illegally imported […]

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Recall of Primula’s Cheese Spread Products (SFA)

SFA – Singapore Food Agency has directed a recall of various flavours of Primula’s Cheese Spread from the United Kingdom due to contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium. As the implicated products were imported into Singapore, SFA has directed the importer, Atasco Pte Ltd, to recall the products. The recall is ongoing. Posted by Singapore […]

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Starker Group Ceasing Business in Singapore

The popular German-style brewery + restaurant joint – Starker Singapore (Managed by Starker Group) is ceasing its F&B business in Singapore, announced in their Facebook page on 4 June 2020. This comes as no surprise as a “Notice to Creditor’s Meeting” was published on local newspaper on 27 May 2020 for both Starker Brewery Pte […]

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Recall of “Chang Soda Water” Due to Presence of Bromate

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has detected the presence of bromate in samples of “Chang Soda Water”. Under the Singapore Food Regulations, food products including bottled water, are not allowed to contain any incidental constituents 1 such as bromate. 2 We have directed the importer, Yen Investments Pte Ltd, to recall the implicated product. The […]

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Singapore Food Agency Clarifies Fake News

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has noted some messages circulating on WhatsApp and social media that claim that a poultry farm in Pontian, Johor, Malaysia is affected by bird flu. The message also alleged that the farm’s poultry had been slaughtered and sent to Singapore in two lorries. We would like to clarify that Singapore […]