Was reading thru this article
Death by Indian Rojak:
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?