SINGAPORE - Food supplier Mia Food was fined $3,000 on Wednesday (March 16) for repacking snacks in unlicensed premises.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said its officers seized over 600kg of snacks in May last year during an inspection of the company's premises, where various snacks were being repacked.

"Illegal repacking of food products at unlicensed facilities poses a food safety risk," SFA said.

Food-processing establishments in Singapore must be licensed and meet SFA's requirements and food safety standards to conduct operations. The establishments are routinely inspected by SFA.

Those who illegally repack food products may be fined $5,000 in the case of a first conviction. If they are convicted a second time, they may be fined $10,000, jailed for up to three months, or both.

In April 2021, the owner of online grocery company Qiksmart was fined in court for illegally repacking food in unlicensed premises.

The company had repacked about 265kg of food, including products such as flour, rice, sugar, beans, nuts, dried shrimp and frozen fish.