NTUC FairPrice to pull shark's fin off its shelves

Shark's fin will not be available at Singapore largest supermarket chain, NTUC FairPrice, starting from April. -- ST PHOTO: ARTHUR LEE CH

Shark's fin will not be available at Singapore largest supermarket chain, NTUC FairPrice, starting from April.

The co-op announced this on Thursday, following calls for it to stop selling shark's fin products after one of its suppliers, Thern Da Seafood, put up an online post that said 'Screw the divers' in an announcement of a shark's fin product launch at FairPrice outlets.

The Facebook post drew much criticism and went viral on the social networking site and also microblog Twitter. Many who commented called for a boycott of both the supplier and FairPrice.

Comments also made its way on to FairPrice's Facebook page. Among them were calls for FairPrice to relook its corporate social responsibility policy and to stop selling shark's fin.