Singapore Food Agency Announced That Staphylococcus aureus and Aflatoxins Were Found in Mooncakes at a Level Exceeding Singapore's Legal Limit

27/09/2023

Reference Number 317/2023
Source Singapore Food Agency (SFA)
Type of Information Food Recall
Questionable food products

Implicated Products:

Product name: Joymom’s Musang King Snowskin Mooncake

Expiry date: 05/03/2024

Country of origin: Malaysia

Singapore Importer: Taste Right Pte Ltd

 

Product name: Single Yolk Lotus Paste Baked Mooncake

Expiry date: 20/10/2023

Country of origin: Malaysia

Singapore Importer: Fragrance Foodstuff Pte Ltd
Expiry date/Batch
See above.
Manufacturer/ Distributor Taste Right Pte Ltd and Fragrance Foodstuff Pte Ltd
Reasons for recall
SFA has detected Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in Joymom's Musang King Snowskin Mooncake, and aflatoxins in Fragrance's Single Yolk Lotus Paste Baked Mooncake, both at levels exceeding the maximum limits stipulated in Singapore's Food Regulations. As a precautionary measure, SFA has directed the respective importers, Taste Right Pte Ltd and Fragrance Foodstuff Pte Ltd, to recall the implicated products.
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