The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged Vietnamese firms to regularly update and strictly comply with food safety regulations when exporting to Singapore.
Singapore is currently reviewing and discussing the implementation of a more comprehensive food safety legislation which includes specific regulations for food donations, following several large-scale poisoning incidents.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has suspended the import of fresh quail eggs from Telic Farm in Malaysia after it detected residue of a drug called nicarbazin in the farm’s quail eggs.
The Singaporean Parliament on February 12 passed a new law on the establishment of a new agency to oversee food-related issues, a move to turn the country into an agriculture and food hub of the region.