If your food or food products do not require inspection, you can sell or distribute them after obtaining your Cargo Clearance Permit (CCP) and clearing customs. For food or food products that require inspection, you must first pass inspection and laboratory analysis (if applicable) before you can sell or distribute your food or food products. To learn about clearing customs, see Import Procedures from Singapore Customs.

Food or food products that fail inspection cannot be sold or distributed in Singapore. This includes consignments placed on ‘hold and test’ that fail to meet SFA’s requirements. You can return/re-export these food or food products.

Consignments contaminated with radioactive materials are not allowed to be disposed of in Singapore. You can only return or re-export your consignment. 

You may have to destroy your food or food products when the non-compliance to laws or requirements is serious. To do so, engage a third-party security agency and logistics company to conduct the disposal of the products properly.