{"id":2432,"date":"2021-08-12T07:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T23:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2021-08-14T07:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T23:41:36","slug":"company-fined-2500-for-carrying-out-food-manufacturing-activities-at-an-unlicensed-premises-sfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/company-fined-2500-for-carrying-out-food-manufacturing-activities-at-an-unlicensed-premises-sfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Fined $2,500 For Carrying Out Food Manufacturing Activities At An Unlicensed Premises (SFA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Low Meng Kee Food Pte Ltd<\/em><\/strong> was <strong><em>fined $2,500<\/em><\/strong> by the Court today for carrying out food manufacturing activities at an unlicensed premises<em> (at a building located in Senoko Industrial Estate)<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"999\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6.png 999w, https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image-6-75x50.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>2 <strong><em>Low Meng Kee Food Pte Ltd<\/em><\/strong> was previously licensed to carry out food manufacturing activities at this premises until April 2019, when they ceased operations to undergo major renovation works. <br><br>They are required to obtain a new licence from the <strong><em>Singapore Food Agency (SFA) <\/em><\/strong>before they can resume their food manufacturing activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v11.0&#038;appId=2342672449311172&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" nonce=\"ar0GRSyN\"><\/script>\n\n<center><div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SGFoodAgency\/posts\/4297383567004804\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\"><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SGFoodAgency\/posts\/4297383567004804\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>[FINED FOR CARRYING OUT FOOD MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES AT UNLICENSED PREMISES]\n\nA company, Low Meng Kee Food Pte Ltd, was&#8230;<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SGFoodAgency\/\">Singapore Food Agency (SFA)<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SGFoodAgency\/posts\/4297383567004804\">Wednesday, August 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><\/div><\/center><br>\n\n\n\n<p>3 In July 2020, SFA officers conducted a surprise inspection at the newly renovated premises and found that <strong><em>Low Meng Kee Food Pte Ltd<\/em><\/strong> was producing \u2018chwee kueh\u2019 and carrot cake, although they had not obtained a valid licence from SFA. <br><br>About 3,880 pieces of \u2018chwee kueh\u2019 produced in the unlicensed premises were seized on the spot, while the carrot cakes which had been distributed were immediately recalled by the company.  <\/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><strong>SFA<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>4 Illegal production of food products at unlicensed facilities poses a food safety risk. In Singapore, all food manufacturing facilities must be licensed and are required to meet SFA\u2019s requirements. <br><br>These licensed establishments are also routinely inspected by SFA. Offenders who illegally manufacture food products shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Issued by the Singapore Food Agency <br>11 August 2021 <\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-red-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>Read Original Media Release <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfa.gov.sg\/docs\/default-source\/food-retailing\/sfa-media-release---company-fined-2-500-for-carrying-out-food-manufacturing-activities-at-an-unlicensed-premises.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"HERE (opens in a new tab)\">HERE<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low Meng Kee Food Pte Ltd was fined $2,500 by the Court today for carrying out food manufacturing activities at an unlicensed premises (at a building located in Senoko Industrial Estate). 2 Low Meng Kee Food Pte Ltd was previously licensed to carry out food manufacturing activities at this premises until April 2019, when they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76,55],"tags":[212,78],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432"}],"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=2432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions\/2435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgtaste.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}