We have quite a number of food bogs in Singapore flashing across the screen by placing order via phone or email with the logger who bakes at home.
But these days, unless you are a friend of the blogger, you will not be able to eat into the tempting home-baked confectionary they feature. The food blogger are adopting the “friends only can order” rule to avoid flouting the National Environment ruling and to comply with the regulation of home based businesses. The National Environment upholds the hygiene standards in food retail industry and can take actions against two blog sites because of feedback from the public of how they were hawking home cooked food.
The law prohibits homes from being used to cook food sale to public, it is not against sale of food to friends. Food sold on the blogs is from unknown sources and may not be prepared in premises with acceptable hygiene standards. Residents are allowed to carry on small scale home baking for sale but only to “friends” without advertising. This activity is to supplement income so long as it does not caused inconvenience or nuisance to neighbors such as noise, smoke, waste, dust or litter.
This is a good reminder on the importance of maintaining food hygiene in home baking.
The retail confectionary is getting their businesses back again with the rules issued last year by the National Environment Agency.
But these days, unless you are a friend of the blogger, you will not be able to eat into the tempting home-baked confectionary they feature. The food blogger are adopting the “friends only can order” rule to avoid flouting the National Environment ruling and to comply with the regulation of home based businesses. The National Environment upholds the hygiene standards in food retail industry and can take actions against two blog sites because of feedback from the public of how they were hawking home cooked food.
The law prohibits homes from being used to cook food sale to public, it is not against sale of food to friends. Food sold on the blogs is from unknown sources and may not be prepared in premises with acceptable hygiene standards. Residents are allowed to carry on small scale home baking for sale but only to “friends” without advertising. This activity is to supplement income so long as it does not caused inconvenience or nuisance to neighbors such as noise, smoke, waste, dust or litter.
This is a good reminder on the importance of maintaining food hygiene in home baking.
The retail confectionary is getting their businesses back again with the rules issued last year by the National Environment Agency.
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