Singapore Eliminates Time Frame Restrictions for Certain Meat Imports

Singapore recently eliminated restrictions on time frames for importing frozen and processed meat products, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report released May 12. Previously, meat imports were required to follow “strict timeframe requirements” and conditions, the USDA said, such as mandatory detention and laboratory testing for all frozen pork imported into Singapore three to six months after slaughter. U.S. frozen and processed meat exporters will no longer be subject to these restrictions, the report said, but time frame requirements for “chilled meat products” are still in effect.