SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency on Friday (Jul 29) said that it will review internal procedures to ensure food safety requirements are communicated fully and accurately to manufacturers, after a miscommunication with Jian Bo Tiong Bahru Shui Kueh over the use of prese
The manufacturer, which is registered as Tiong Bahru Tian Bo Shui Kueh, was in April given incorrect information over the permitted use of sorbic acid in food products, said SFA.who had their operations suspended by SFA earlier this week due to the improper use of food additives.. It said that the three implicated products identified by the agency – chwee kueh, nine layer kueh and tapioca kueh – did not contain benzoic acid or sorbic acid.
“SFA informed that sorbic acid is allowed in kueh products, up to the maximum permissible limits of 1,000ppm. “As these were not in compliance with food safety requirements, and after investigations, SFA suspended on Jul 26 the production, distribution and sale of the affected products from Tiong Bahru Tian Bo Shui Kueh,” said the agency.
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