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Eligible/Ineligible product
Eligible
All fish and seafood products
Product specifications
- Singapore's Sale of Food Act 1973 and the Food Regulations set the standards for food sold for human consumption. Product requirements include limits on
- microbiological standards
- heavy metals
- mycotoxins and marine biotoxins
- veterinary drug residues
- pesticide residues
- other incidental constituents (histamines)
- For details, see Singapore's regulatory requirements for contaminants
- All live oysters for human consumption are considered ready-to-eat food
- Frozen oysters require testing for norovirus prior to export
Documentation requirements
Certificate of origin and hygiene (CFIA/ACIA 5003) is required for export of all fish and seafood products to Singapore.
The following products also require additional attestations on the certificate:
For live oysters, the certificate must state:
- a) products were harvested from approved waters and processed in an approved establishment or plant in a sanitary and hygienic manner
- b) products have not been treated with chemical preservatives or other additives injurious to health
- c) product is fit for human consumption
Include all of the following information:
Harvest area(s): XXX, province, Canada
(not closed for marine toxins at time of harvest)
Harvest date(s) (DD/MM/YYYY): ____________________
XXX = Fisheries and Oceans Canada Area and sub area of the harvest for the consignment
Province = enter province where harvesting of product took place
For frozen oysters, the certificate must state:
- a) products were harvested from approved waters and processed in an approved establishment or plant in a sanitary and hygienic manner
- b) products have not been treated with chemical preservatives or other additives injurious to health
- c) consignment has been tested and found to be free of norovirus
- d) product is fit for human consumption
For frozen blood cockle meat, frozen cooked prawns, and frozen raw or cooked crabmeat, the certificate must state:
- a) products were harvested from approved waters and processed in an approved establishment or plant in a sanitary and hygienic manner
- b) products have not been treated with chemical preservatives or other additives injurious to health
- c) product is fit for human consumption