Although the government allowed live oysters to be imported from countries which meet AVA's requirements for a shellfish sanitation programme. The countries currently approved for such exports are Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and USA. As for the import of chilled shucked raw oyster, chilled cockle meat, chilled cooked prawn/shrimp and chilled crab meat is prohibited for food safety reasons.
Like any wholesale exporter and importers they are required to apply for the AVA Licence for Import/Export and Transshipment of Meat Products and Fish Products for for every consignment of fish products.
Each consignment of live/frozen oysters, frozen blood cockle meat, frozen cooked prawns or frozen raw/cooked crab meat, must be accompanied by a Health Certificate issued by the relevant authority of the exporting country, certifying that Singapore's animal health and food safety requirements have been complied with. ampling for laboratory analysis may be required. Some consignments may be placed on "hold and test" pending the outcome of the laboratory analysis.
Import of the following fish species, including their parts or derivatives must be accompanied by a CITES permit from the importing and exporting countries because these species are listed under CITES.
Sturgeon (Acipenseriformes species)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Basking Shark (Cetorrhinus maximus)
Seahorses (Hippocampus species)
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulates)
Mediterranean date mussel (Lithophaga lithophaga)
"Rock Sea Cucumber" (sotichopus fuscus) from Ecuador.
If you need more information on CITES, please contact AVA Tel: 62270670.
The applicant must apply for an AVA import permit by declaring the import through TradeNet.
To Know more you can contact Quarantine Inspection Department
Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority
5 Maxwell Road, #02-03, Tower Block, MND Complex
Singapore 069110
Fax: 63257648 / 50
Import of the following fish species, including their parts or derivatives must be accompanied by a CITES permit from the importing and exporting countries because these species are listed under CITES.
Sturgeon (Acipenseriformes species)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Basking Shark (Cetorrhinus maximus)
Seahorses (Hippocampus species)
Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulates)
Mediterranean date mussel (Lithophaga lithophaga)
"Rock Sea Cucumber" (sotichopus fuscus) from Ecuador.
If you need more information on CITES, please contact AVA Tel: 62270670.
The applicant must apply for an AVA import permit by declaring the import through TradeNet.
To Know more you can contact Quarantine Inspection Department
Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority
5 Maxwell Road, #02-03, Tower Block, MND Complex
Singapore 069110
Fax: 63257648 / 50
