Two food importers were fined a total of $28,000 on Wednesday for illegally importing and selling seafood and vegetables.
One firm, Ger Trading, and its director Lau Owen Yun Leung were fined $8,000 each under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act, said the Singapore Food Agency . In September 2021, the company imported 1,050kg of live oysters from Canada. It sold 364kg of the consignment before SFA was able to inspect, examine and certify the items.
The court deemed that Lau failed to exercise due diligence in preventing the offence from being committed. In its statement, the SFA said: “Upon the import of meat and fish products, importers must arrange for these products to be inspected, examined and certified by SFA before they are sold, distributed or exported.