With over 90 per cent of Singapore's food imported from overseas, maintaining our food safety standards requires constant vigilance. SFA regularly tests food samples from retail outlets as part of our Market Monitoring Programme, to keep unsafe food products off our shelves.

As Singapore celebrates SG60, SFA looks back on the nation’s journey to secure a safe and reliable food supply, built on the work of government agencies in collaboration with various stakeholders throughout Singapore’s independence. 

Food manufacturing processes can create unwanted compounds alongside desired flavours and textures. Understanding how and when these compounds form will help the industry develop practical steps to control them, ensuring food safety. 

Teamwork is the unseen ingredient in every safe meal. This World Food Safety Day, we explore how science in action helps the industry uphold its crucial role in food safety — and why everyone has a part to play.

Pollution is not the only source of seafood contamination: heavy metals are naturally present in our seas and waterways too. How does this affect the fish and seafood we consume, and what can we do to ensure they are safe to eat?