Catering firm Sakura Buffet's licence cancelled after reports of meals with insects; SFA urges not to get food from 12 other businesses linked to it
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SINGAPORE - Catering firm Sakura Buffet has had its licence cancelled from May 10 after several reports of food safety concerns were lodged against it, including over mouldy food as well as food that contained hair and insects. The Singapore Food Agency (SFACatering firm Sakura Buffet's licence cancelled after reports of meals with insects; SFA urges not to get food from 12 other businesses linked to it
SINGAPORE - Catering firm Sakura Buffet has had its licence cancelled from May 10 after several reports of food safety concerns were lodged against it, including over mouldy food as well as food that contained hair and insects. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said in a statement on May 11 that the complaints started coming in from late March, and involved home-delivery catered meals supplied by five web-based businesses. Investigations found that all the catered meals had been supplied by Sakura Buffet, with another seven web-based businesses also being linked to it. The web-based businesses are: Yu Mummy Confinement Meals, Home Tingkat Catering, Happy Mamapapa Catering, Vegetarian Buffet, Angel Confinement Meals, After Surgery Food Delivery/Catering, Healthy Meals Catering, Keto Meals Catering, Grain Luscious, Royal Cuisine Group/The Garden Kitchen, Nonya Buffet and Pregnancy Meals Catering. Between March and May 2024, SFA conducted inspections at the Sakura Buffet premises in Geylang Bahru, where officers found several food safety lapses. Read more