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Product of Singapore but made in China? Industry players call for clearer, more transparent food labels
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Mr Loke Chee Weng, who runs Reach Trading, imports raw garlic from China and shallots from the Philippines. They are peeled in Singapore and then labelled "Product of Singapore".
ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM
SINGAPORE - A pack of peeled garlic is labelled "Product of Singapore", as is a carton of milk.
An unknowing consumer therefore could be forgiven for assuming that both originated in the Republic, but, in fact, one comes from China and the other Australia.
