If I import live chicken from overseas, then slaughter and cut the raw meat into pieces before packing in Singapore, can I just indicate the country of origin as the country where the chickens are raised and exported from?

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To facilitate traceability of food products Food Regulations require the country of origin of the food product to be declared on the label of the prepacked food. The country of origin refers to the place where the handling of the food last took place (for e.g. the last place where the food was packed into its primary packaging). Since the chicken is slaughtered, cut and packed in Singapore, this information could be declared as Slaughtered and packed in Singapore”; or “Raised in: {here insert the country where the chickens were raised}, Processed and packed in Singapore”.

If I import live chicken from overseas, then slaughter and cut the raw meat into pieces before packing in Singapore, can I just indicate the country of origin as the country where the chickens are raised and exported from?

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