FOOD MATTERS

VEGETABLES

Local Production: 18,967 tonnes (2008)

Import from: Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, US

Singaporeans prefer locally grown vegetables, because of their freshness and quality. The most popular leafy vegetable here is kalian, unknown to Russian consumers. 

EGGS

Local Production: 337.8 million
(numbers, rounded off)

Import from: Malaysia, New Zealand, Japan, US

Singaporeans eat about one egg a day. The number of eggs produced locally a day is 900,000.

MEAT

Local Production: none

Import from: Brazil, Malaysia, Australia, US, Indonesia

Rapidly frozen after slaughter at -30 °C, frozen meat retains quality for six months to a year. Laboratory testing of frozen meat is conducted upon its arrival in Singapore. Consignments that do not conform to AVA's food safety standards are destroyed. 

SEAFOOD

Local Production: 5,141 tonnes (2008)

Import from: Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand

Species such as sea bass, snapper, milkfish, oyster, crab, tilapia are farmed at Singapore's coastal fish farms.