This is a picture from the an advestisement published by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. There are four interesting situations and humourous conversations at the custom. "Beef balls? These are extra-bouncy ping pong balls for my son." "Sausages? That's an ethnic necklace." "What goose drumsticks? This is the latest hanging mobile design." "Oops!" (Excess food under the clothes were dropping out.) Many travellers may wish to bring home food from their holidays for personal consumption, but there are restrictions on what we can bring in from overseas. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is responsible for maintaining high food safety standards in Singapore. We can help to uphold these standards by observing the guidelines on the types, quantities and sources of food that we can bring into Singapore.

What Is Allowed? The types of food and amounts that can be brought into Singapore from approved sources without an import permit from AVA are indicated in the table below. We must be aware of the risks associated with consuming such food items, which have not undergone checks by AVA. Approved sources may change due to health and safety reasons. For the latest listing, please visit the AVA website.

When in doubt, please declare food items to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority Officers.
	Food Type	Countries from which food may be brought in	Personal allowance
Meat	Beef (chilled, frozen,processed or caned)	Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Uruguay	A total of 5 kg per person of beef, mutton, pork & porltry
	Mutton (chilled, frozen,processed or caned)	Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA
	Pork (chilled, frozen,processed or caned)	Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
	Poultry (chilled, frozen,processed or caned)	Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, South Africa, Switzerland, The Netherlands, USA

Seafood	Fish products (except frozen cooked crabmeat, frozen cooked prawn meat and live or frozen oysters)	All countries	5 kg per person (provided that the total quantity of all seafood products does not exceed 5 kg per person)
	Live or frozen oysters	Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
	Frozen cooked crabmeat and frozen cooked prawn meat	All countries	2 kg per person (provided that the total quantity of all seafood products does not exceed 5 kg per person)

Eggs	Hen Eggs	Australia, Japan, NewZealand, Sweden, USA	Up to 30 eggs per person

Fruits & Vegetables	Fresh Fruits & Vegetables	All countries. However a phytosanitary certificate is required for fresh fruits and vegetables from the American Topics (which includes Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Rep, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guyana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands)	Small, reasonable quantities hand carried for personal consumption

Processed Food	Processed Food Products (all food products excluding meat and seafood products, fresh fruits and vegetables)	All countries	Total weight or volume does not exceed 5 kg or litres and total value is not more than S$100 per person

10.06.2007