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SINGAPORE – New guidelines to raise hygiene and cleaning standards at hawker stalls are fast taking hold across the island.
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Sunday (March 8) that about 2,100 hawker and market stalls and 400 coffee-shop stalls have earned the new SG Clean certification that shows they have meet the new standards.
Certification means they have set up processes to ensure that food preparation areas and equipment are sanitised, waste is handled properly and systems are in place to monitor staff health.
The SG Clean campaign was started on Feb 16 to raise cleanliness and safeguard public health amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Eight stalls and one coffee shop in Tampines were given their SG Clean labels by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and Tampines GRC MP Cheng Li Hui on Sunday.
Mr Heng said: “When residents feel comfortable that there’s a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene, they’ll come out and lead lives as normally as possible.”
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