Singapore: FAIRS Annual Country Report

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   SN2023-0001

The report provides information on the regulations and procedures for the importation of food and agricultural products from the United States to Singapore. Updates include the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2022 that came into effect July 31, 2022. The amendments make changes to the Food Regulations to allow the usage of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs) on raw meat. Also added to the Food Regulations is the Seventeenth Schedule that lists approved PRTs and their maximum permitted levels.

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