Chinese restaurant Havelock Palace apologises for cooking seafood foraged from Changi Beach
It said it now prohibits food from unauthorised or unverified sources from entering its kitchen.
Chinese restaurant Havelock Palace has apologized for cooking seafood that was foraged from Changi Beach. The seafood, including crabs and shellfish, was brought to the restaurant and prepared in its kitchen. Havelock Palace acknowledged that accepting and handling ingredients from outside their approved sourcing channels did not meet their standards.
The restaurant has since tightened its food sourcing controls, strengthened supplier documentation, and conducted refresher training for its management and kitchen teams. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) clarified that there are no regulations prohibiting food businesses from preparing wild-foraged seafood but emphasized that food businesses must ensure the food is fit for human consumption and handled under sanitary conditions.
SFA advised the public against eating wild shellfish, as they can accumulate various food safety hazards from the surrounding waters.
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