Singapore: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   SN2022-0005

This report provides information on the regulations and procedures for the importation of food and agricultural products from the United States to Singapore. Updates in this report include modifications to the Singapore Food Regulations (guidelines governing imported food). Of particular interest to the U.S. meat industry is the Food (Amendment) Regulations 2022 that govern the provisions for the use of Pathogen Reduction Treatments (PRTs) on raw meat, including the addition of the Seventeenth Schedule that lists approved PRTs and their maximum permitted levels.

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