Singapore Sets Standards for e-Commerce Food Safety
The Singapore Standards Council has recently released new guidelines for food e-commerce, which aims to help food business operators (FBOs) along the food e-commerce supply chain understand their respective roles and responsibilities related to food safety and providing information to consumers. The standard also guides FBOs in executing traceability, as well as on international food e-commerce.
Singapore’s regulatory framework is supported by science-based risk assessment and management measures to ensure food safety along the food supply chain. The guidelines aim to complement the current regulatory framework in Singapore. The standard provides guidance to FBOs to ensure food safety and appropriate product information for consumers, and on FBOs’ roles and responsibilities in ensuring safety and integrity of food along the food e-commerce supply chain. The guidelines also provide practical steps to be implemented at various points along the food e-commerce supply chain to achieve food safety for food e-commerce.