Food importer, partner of another firm fined S$8.5k for illegally importing 600kg of vegetables from Malaysia

Sunrise Vegetable had illegally imported processed vegetables while Bao Kang Enterprise imported about 407kg of fresh vegetables. - SFA

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A food import firm and a partner of another food importer were fined a total of S$8,500 on Thursday (Feb 23) for illegally importing fresh and processed vegetables for sale.

In April 2022, a truck carrying food produce consigned to food importers Sunrise Vegetable and Bao Kang Enterprise was stopped by Singapore Food Agency (SFA) officers and immigration officers at Woodlands Checkpoint.