Tridge summary
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has reported that imported fruit and vegetables had the most non-compliances in a recent round of tests, with 396 of 3,177 consignments failing due to issues such as microbiological, chemical, or pesticide residues exceeding limits. Despite this, over 87.5% of consignments passed. Other food categories like meat, seafood, and processed eggs had pass rates above 95%. The agency uses a risk-based approach for testing and requires importers to rectify issues with suppliers if failures occur. There were also five gastroenteritis outbreaks and 16 recalls in the first half of 2020, primarily due to allergens and chemicals. From September 2020, the SFA has set maximum limits for mercury, bromate, and mycotoxins in various foods, in line with standards from developed countries.
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Imported fruit and vegetables remained the foodstuff with the most non-compliances in the latest round of testing by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). Food safety statistics from January to June showed that 396 of 3,177 consignments of fruits and vegetables failed. A total of 87.5 percent of consignments passed SFA’s standards while all other categories had pass rates higher than 95 percent. In the previous report, 3,825 consignments of fruit and vegetables were sampled from April to December 2019 with 491 failing. Sample failures were because of microbiological, chemical or pesticide residues exceeding allowable limits. Of 4,239 meat and meat products tested in the first six months of 2020 only 39 failed and from 790 seafood products sampled only 33 were non-compliant. Out of 515 processed eggs analyzed 21 breached the regulations. From 271 chicken and quail eggs just one sample failed. Of 1,239 processed food tests, 59 violated the regulations. SFA adopts a risk-based approach ...
Source: Foodsafetynews
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