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Singapore OK Food Shop
By Peace | April 25, 2010
This is a typical food court stall selling Yong Tau Fu. It displays all its accreditation on the display shelf and the wall (behind the shelves).
In Singapore, there are lots and lots of awards… like what Richard says,”lots of patterns!”
However, the purpose of everything is to ensure that we can have cleaner and more hygienic food. So it is not that it is no good, but can you imagine walking into the food court like this one above, Banquet, and what you see is all Red A, Certificate of Commendation, Singapore OK sticker etc etc. It is like a ‘mould’ or ‘stamp pad’ — you chopped one with these accreditation and the rest are the same. Furthermore, once you have an expired Rating ‘Red A’, the rest of the stalls have expired ‘Red A’ as well.
Yong Tau Fu’s wall behind the display shelves, with 2 ‘paper’ frames…
These two pieces of papers were hanged inside the shop. Customers like me cannot see what it is.
Certificate of commendation issued from National Environment Agency Singapore. It writes: Awarded to Ming Kitchen Pte Ltd …. In recognition of excellence in cleanliness and food hygiene… date: 3.6.2009
Now is 2010. How long is the ‘commendation’ valid and why it has both the rating system (Red A) and this as well?
Does it means that the more accreditation or ‘certificate’ you have, it will attract more customers?
“Untouched” bowls of Yong Tau Fu after discovery of insects in the soup.
The concept of ‘Singapore’s OK’
* To promote the widespread adoption of good hygiene practices.
* Pervasive and sustainable campaign for Singaporeans to wage against all viruses, not just SARS.
* Concept of shared ownership and responsibility so that every sector can show its commitment to good hygiene and public health practices.
* Self-regulating as the operator/owner/management is responsible for maintaining the specified criteria for their sector.
* Once the establishments meet specific hygiene and cleanliness criteria, they can display a ‘Singapore’s OK’ label as a show of their support and commitment.
* A free and voluntary scheme that allows all sectors to participate to show their commitment towards adopting good hygiene practices which safeguard good public health.
How do you explain this case?
This is certainly not Singapore OK. When there are so many small insects in the soup, this means that there must be more eggs somewhere….
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