Singapore suspended live chicken due to the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis in samples.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) suspended the export of live chicken broilers from two Malaysian poultry farms, each operated by Meng Kee Poultry (M) Sdn Bhd and Sdian Hup Farming Sdn Bhd.
According to the SFA’s statement, Singapore suspended live chicken due to the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis in samples collected from products of Meng Kee Poultry’s farm and Sdian Hup Farming’s farm.
The suspensions come less than a month after Malaysia lifted the export ban on live chicken broilers to Singapore in October. The Malaysian government had earlier banned the export of up to 3.6 million chickens from June amid chicken supply and pricing issues in the country.
Singapore reportedly imports about 34 per cent of its chicken supply from Malaysia.
