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Are food produced from new farming technology safe to consume?

Updated by SFA
The assurance of food safety is a joint responsibility of the government, the food industry and the consumers. As the farm has a key role in ensuring that only safe food is produced for our consumers, SFA advocates farmers to actively pursue a high standard of food safety in farms, including in the adoption of modern agricultural innovations to achieve productivity and sustainability. Farmers and technology providers should conduct food safety assessment of the technology used for food production to ensure that it does not pose food safety risk. Farmers may wish to engage the testing services of SFA’s recognised laboratories under SFA’s Laboratory Recognition Programme to meet their food testing needs. Please refer to the list of SFA recognised labs. Farmers may also wish to engage the services of Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH) & (email: FRESH@ntu.edu.sg) and other commercial regulatory consultants in the market to ensure that no food safety risk is posed by the farming technologies used.

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