Food caterers to time-stamp meal packets

• Clivebenss

  4 Mar 11, 22:29

  Mar 4, 2011 - Straits Times

  By Amresh Gunasingham

  FOOD caterers are going to have to display clear labels on meal packets or at buffet tables that tell people the food must be eaten by a specified time or it will go bad.

  The new rule will be introduced some time towards the end of this year, Minister of State for the Environment Amy Khor said on Friday when she announced the move to give added protection against people getting food poisoning.

  Her ministry is targetting these caterers because they typically serve food to a large number of people at any one time and any 'lapses...could potentially result in mass food poisoning,' she added.

  She also said that studies have shown that food in air-conditionedplaces can be safely consumed up to four hours after it had been cooked.

  Dr Khor announced the new rule in Parliament when replying to Mr Liang Eng Hwa (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC), who had asked for more severe penalties to be imposed on recaltriant food caterers.

  Dr Khor stressed that the new labelling measure is part of her ministry's overall effort to ensure the safety of cooked food, and any punishment will be in accordance with existing regulations regarding food poisoning.

• sbst275

  4 Mar 11, 22:58

  They learning from e army...

  but problem is tis time stamp is pretty useless should e storage env changes

• Clivebenss

  4 Mar 11, 23:00

  they had enough from YOG experience.

  

• sbst275

  4 Mar 11, 23:02

  actually time stamp meal packets was used during e YOG..

  but e problem I heard was e storage env and food packed (some food like tau gay spoil faster).

  Lots of epic eps from YOG I was told but shan't reveal it openly.

• Clivebenss

  4 Mar 11, 23:03

  anyway good to avoid further food poisoning.

• sinicker

  5 Mar 11, 10:38

  food prepared - 10am
  
  time stamped - 1pm
  send out - 2pm
  reach customer - 2.30pm
  
  how?

• sinicker

  5 Mar 11, 10:38

  if it's sticker, definitely not going to do any good.. unless it's passed through conveyor time stamping...

• Clivebenss

  5 Mar 11, 16:31

  too bad lor.

  

• Pitot

  5 Mar 11, 16:34

  thats what macdonald's have been doing for their apple pies since dont know when

• Rooney9

  5 Mar 11, 16:49

  put expiry date lar

• sbst275

  5 Mar 11, 22:12

  Chap chye png stall not affected

  e entire ruling is cut n paste totally from SAF one...

• Junyang700

  15 Mar 11, 11:54

  Originally posted by Rooney9:

  put expiry date lar

  LOL.. Some packet food cant last more than 12 hours.