Import of Pigs from China

Debated in Parliament on 13 May 2013.

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Ms Foo Mee Har inquired about Singapore's reliance on China for pig imports and whether the Huangpu River incident involving putrefying pigs threatens food security.
Khaw Boon Wan clarified that Singapore does not import live pigs or chilled pork from China, with frozen pork imports from China constituting only 1.6% of total frozen pork imports.
He noted that other pork products from China, like canned and luncheon pork, undergo heat treatment to eliminate pathogens.
Khaw emphasized that the Huangpu River incident poses no threat to food security, as Singapore's AVA only approves safe import sources and enforces strict processing standards.
The AVA's integrated food safety system ensures all pork imports come from approved sources and that accredited plants use only raw materials from approved suppliers.

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Foo Mee Har

Ms Foo Mee Har asked the Minister for National Development to what extent does Singapore depend on China for the import of pigs and whether the recent incident of more than 16,000 putrefying pigs in the Huangpu River presents a threat to our food security.

Khaw Boon Wan

Our pork supply consists of live pigs and chilled and frozen pork. Singapore does not import live pigs or chilled pork from China. As for frozen pork, we import most of it from Brazil and the Netherlands. Frozen pork imports from China make up 1.6% of our total frozen pork imports.

Our other pork imports from China are in the form of canned pork and luncheon pork. Such processed pork has undergone proper heat treatment processes to kill any dangerous micro-organisms.

The incident of putrefying pigs in the Huangpu River does not pose a threat to our food security or food safety. AVA's integrated food safety system ensures that all pork imports come only from sources which are approved by AVA. In addition, AVA has strict requirements for all its accredited pork processing plants to receive their raw materials only from AVA's approved sources.

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Ms Foo Mee Har inquired about Singapore's reliance on China for pig imports and whether the Huangpu River incident involving putrefying pigs threatens food security.
Khaw Boon Wan clarified that Singapore does not import live pigs or chilled pork from China, with frozen pork imports from China constituting only 1.6% of total frozen pork imports.
He noted that other pork products from China, like canned and luncheon pork, undergo heat treatment to eliminate pathogens.
Khaw emphasized that the Huangpu River incident poses no threat to food security, as Singapore's AVA only approves safe import sources and enforces strict processing standards.
The AVA's integrated food safety system ensures all pork imports come from approved sources and that accredited plants use only raw materials from approved suppliers.

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Import of Pigs from China

Debated in Parliament on 13 May 2013.

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Ms Foo Mee Har inquired about Singapore's reliance on China for pig imports and whether the Huangpu River incident involving putrefying pigs threatens food security.
Khaw Boon Wan clarified that Singapore does not import live pigs or chilled pork from China, with frozen pork imports from China constituting only 1.6% of total frozen pork imports.
He noted that other pork products from China, like canned and luncheon pork, undergo heat treatment to eliminate pathogens.
Khaw emphasized that the Huangpu River incident poses no threat to food security, as Singapore's AVA only approves safe import sources and enforces strict processing standards.
The AVA's integrated food safety system ensures all pork imports come from approved sources and that accredited plants use only raw materials from approved suppliers.

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Foo Mee Har

Khaw Boon Wan

Our other pork imports from China are in the form of canned pork and luncheon pork. Such processed pork has undergone proper heat treatment processes to kill any dangerous micro-organisms.

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Ms Foo Mee Har inquired about Singapore's reliance on China for pig imports and whether the Huangpu River incident involving putrefying pigs threatens food security.
Khaw Boon Wan clarified that Singapore does not import live pigs or chilled pork from China, with frozen pork imports from China constituting only 1.6% of total frozen pork imports.
He noted that other pork products from China, like canned and luncheon pork, undergo heat treatment to eliminate pathogens.
Khaw emphasized that the Huangpu River incident poses no threat to food security, as Singapore's AVA only approves safe import sources and enforces strict processing standards.
The AVA's integrated food safety system ensures all pork imports come from approved sources and that accredited plants use only raw materials from approved suppliers.

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