Teacher in the soup over illegal import of food items including animal blood


Items seized by Singapore Customs included animal blood products, chicken feet and sausages. - SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A childcare teacher here has been hit with a S$12,000 fine for bringing in processed meat products from China in early 2022.

Mei Hua was caught after Singapore Customs detected an illegal importation of more than 175kg of food items such as animals’ blood from China in January 2022.

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