A food business linked to an outbreak that sickened more than 100 people in Singapore in 2023 has been fined. Nosh Cuisine Pte was fined SGD $1,200 (U.S.
$900) for a food safety offence committed under the Environmental Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations. In May 2023, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) received reports of gastroenteritis from eight MindChamps preschools involving 107 people. Illness was traced to food supplied by Nosh Cuisine.
Eight people were hospitalized. A site inspection by MOH and SFA officers found the company failed to keep its premises clean. At the time of the incident, operations at the firm were suspended and it was told to clean and sanitize the premises, including equipment and utensils, and dispose of all ready-to-eat and perishable food items.
Restrictions were lifted in late July 2023. Current outbreak The Ministry of Health and Singapore Food Agency are also investigating three incidents of gastroenteritis affecting 51 people after consuming food supplied by Stamford Catering Services Pte earlier this month. Nobody needed hospital treatment.
SFA has suspended operations at the caterer, based on Senoko South Road, until further notice. The company must take action including cleaning and sanitizing of the premises, equipment, and utensils. All food handlers working in the premises are required to re-attend and pass the food safety course Level 1 and test negative for foodborne pathogens, before they can resume w.
