AVA, egg importers discuss suspension of eggs from Linggi Agriculture
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA)
officers have met some local egg importers on Saturday to discuss the
suspension of eggs from Linggi Agriculture.
Its eggs have been found to contain antibiotics.
Importers who have been affected by the suspension said they are
keen to work with AVA to accredit more farms in Malaysia, including one
in Sarawak.
AVA said it has advised them that the Malaysian farms should contact
the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) in Malaysia as DVS is very
familiar with AVA's accreditation requirements. It has also offered to
brief the Malaysian farms on Singapore's accreditation requirements.
AVA said the suspension of eggs from Linggi farm into Singapore did not
impact the supply of eggs here as Malaysian farms are exporting only up
to about 80 per cent of their production capacity to Singapore.
It added that the current increase in prices of Malaysian eggs could be
a compensation to correct the drastic drop in price in the previous
months.
AVA said the average price of an egg from Malaysia was about 18 cents
until February, based on its monitoring of egg prices at some
supermarkets.
The average price dropped to about 15 cents an egg in the following two months and is at almost 16 cents this month.
- CNA/yb