Data on Investigations Against Caterers for Failing to Provide Time Stamps for Catered Meals

13 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment in each year of the past five years, how many investigations have been brought against caterers or companies for (i) failing to provide a time stamp for every catered meal and (ii) serving food beyond four hours from the time the food is cooked and kept between 5° Celsius and 60° degree Celsius.

Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: In the past five years, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has taken 18 enforcement actions against caterers and companies for failing to affix a "consume by" timestamp, and 29 enforcement actions against caterers and companies for affixing time-stamp labels with false or misleading information on the "ready-to-eat" or "consume by" time.

SFA has not taken any enforcement actions against caterers or companies for serving food beyond four hours from the time the food is cooked, based on the timestamp.