Singapore is restricting the supply and sale of mussels harvested in the waters off Port Dickson in Malaysia due to contamination with biotoxins. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has received confirmation from the Malaysian Department of Fisheries (DOF) about the contamination, which has caused food poisoning cases.
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INGAPORE : Singapore is restricting the supply and sale of mussels found in the waters off Port Dickson in Malaysia. The SFA is working with importers to verify the sources of their mussels. No biotoxins have been detected in seafood imports including mussels over the past few weeks, it added.According to statistics from the SFA, in 2021 a quarter of Singapore’s seafood imports came from Malaysia, the most of any country.
DOF deputy director-general of management Wan Aznan Abdullah said tests found that the mussels harvested in the Port Dickson area were contaminated with the Prorocentrum, Alexandrium and Pseudo-nitzschia algae species. The SFA said: “Consumers should always purchase shellfish from SFA-approved businesses, and avoid consuming raw or undercooked bivalves, especially for the young, elderly, immunocompromised or pregnant.”
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