{"id":1695,"date":"2020-07-09T08:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2020-08-04T08:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T00:41:34","slug":"vegetables-trader-fined-for-illegally-importing-fresh-vegetables-from-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/09\/vegetables-trader-fined-for-illegally-importing-fresh-vegetables-from-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetables Trader Fined for Illegally Importing Fresh Vegetables From Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Singapore licensee &#8211; &#8220;<strong><em>Chan Poh Seng<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; of &#8220;<em><strong>Chye Soon Vegetables Trade<\/strong><\/em>r&#8221; was fined <strong>$2,500<\/strong> by the Court today for illegally importing fresh vegetables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1696\" width=\"535\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-2.png 481w, https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><figcaption> A total of 127kg of under-declared fresh vegetables was detected. <br>(Photo: SFA) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"388\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-292.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-292.png 388w, https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/image-292-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><figcaption>SFA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>3 Illegally imported food products are of unknown sources and pose a food safety risk. In Singapore, food imports must meet SFA\u2019s requirements and food safety standards. <br><br>Food can only be imported by licensed importers, and every consignment must be declared and accompanied with a valid import permit. Offenders who illegally import fresh fruits and vegetables shall be liable on conviction to a maximum fine of $10,000 and\/or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issued by the Singapore Food Agency <br>8 July 2020 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-vivid-red-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">View the original SFA Media Release <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfa.gov.sg\/docs\/default-source\/default-document-library\/chan-poh-seng-fined-2-500-in-total-for-illegal-import-of-fresh-vegetables.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore licensee &#8211; &#8220;Chan Poh Seng&#8221; of &#8220;Chye Soon Vegetables Trader&#8221; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76,55],"tags":[218,217,133,78],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/1697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}