ICA foils attempts to illegally import bak kwa and pork floss from Malaysia

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SINGAPORE — The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has foiled attempts to illegally import bak kwa and pork floss through Singapore's land border over the past two weeks.

Officers detected 169 cartons and 11 packets of unapproved assorted bak kwa — a sweet barbecued meat — as well as three cartons of pork floss from Malaysia, said the Singapore Food Agency in a Facebook post on Thursday .

Meat and meat products, including bak kwa and pork floss, can only be imported from approved sources, even if they are for personal consumption.

 

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