Singapore Food Agency releases 2023/2024 annual report

(1) In terms of food safety, during the fiscal year, SFA cracked down on a case of illegal food imports from Thailand and Malaysia, raided unlicensed cold storages and nine retail stores involved in illegal trade, and seized 6.8 tons of illegally imported food, including processed meat and raw meat. Joint operations were carried out with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to crack down on illegal food imports, and a total of nine cases of false import declarations were found, involving more than 3.3 tons of agricultural products, including fruits, vegetables and processed foods. A crackdown on Unicorn Classic produced in Australia was launched. Camembert cheese product recall, the product was contaminated with Listeria; (2) In terms of strengthening regulatory capacity, SFA expanded the detection range of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from 4 perfluorinated compound analytes to 14, and added 6 new genetically modified organisms (GMO) screening markers. As ...