Labels on foods exported to Singapore must be accurate: Trade counselor
Counsellor Cao Xuan Thang, head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore, has advised Vietnamese exporters to pay attention to labeling pre-packaged food products to ensure their credibility and image of businesses when exporting to the Singaporean market.
Singapore (VNA) – Counsellor Cao Xuan Thang, head of the Vietnam TradeOffice in Singapore, has advised Vietnamese exporters to pay attention to labeling pre-packaged food products to ensure their credibility and image of businesses whenexporting to the Singaporean market.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) recently announced the recall of some foodproducts originating from Vietnam because egg - an ingredient that cancause allergies for consumers - wasfound in the product, but was not declared on the packaging label.
It said that the egg was found in Li Chuan’s Seafood Roll (750g),Bibigo’s Mandu Prawn (350g), and Mini Mandu Prawn imported by Li Chuan FoodProducts Pte. Ltd and CJ SE Asia Pte. Ltd.
The recall due to insufficient information provided can adversely affect the purchase decisions of Singaporean consumers, especially for imports from thecompanies affected by the recall, and Vietnamese suppliers in general, Thangsaid.
Importers and producers of pre-packaged food products sold in Singapore mustprovide labels with full information in English, including the name ordescription of products, all ingredients, and food additives, he noted./.
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