Was reading thru this article
I remember that there was once I was at a food establishment and this restaurant served breaded scallops that were in fact extruded surimi that resembled scallops, this contravenes the Sale of Food Act, but apparently, not much action is taken by the NEA. It really makes people wonder, are crabsticks made from real crabs? Or are they merely flavoured surimi with crab flavouring.
Retailer, like some hawkers, in Singapore are allowed to repack foods without having the need to label the product ingredients, source, weight, expiry, etc. If a massive food poisoning were to occur in Singapore, how can a product recall be facilitated, since most of the products in their bulk packaging have been repacked into smaller packages and resold over the island without any means of proper identification?
Some fruit juices sold by hawker stores in Singapore often have sugar and water added. But did you know that for a fruit juice to be classified as 'fruit juice' under the sale of food act, is the unfermented liquid extracted from sound, ripe, fresh fruit, with or without sugar, dextrose, invert sugar, liquid glucose, permitted colouring matter, chemical preservatives and ascorbic acid.
In order to prevent further such cases from happening again, it is high time that our local authorities look on harmonizing the Sale of Food Act for both manufacturers and handlers!
Agreed?
As long as food is good and cheap, and i don die from eating it, den its fine with me. . .
Agreed?
considered strict already....
see how many roadside stalls in other countries, and they sell good food too.
Its enforcement that they need to step up not the law if its according to the author.