Lessons from Food Poisoning Incident of Ready-to-Eat Meals and Measures to Promote Food Safety Practices

5 Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) what are the lessons that can be learnt from the recent food poisoning incident involving Ready-to-Eat meals distributed during Total Defence Day; and (b) whether measures will be considered to promote food safety practices in schools, businesses and other community partners during Total Defence Day activities.

Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: The Question has been addressed in the combined reply on the food safety of Ready-to-Eat meals at the 4 March 2025 Parliament Sitting. [Please refer to "Causes for Recent SOTA Students Food Poisoning Incident and Details of Shelf-life Product Testing under Food Resilience Preparedness Programme", Official Report, 4 March 2025, Vol 95, Issue 157, Oral Answers to Questions section.]