Tag: AVA

Cat Found Cruelly Trapped In A ‘Box Cage’: There Are Several Cases Of Disappearing Cats In That Area

Cat found in a box under a stack of 5 others in a rubbish chute at Strathmore Ave Blk 50 after 2 days of being missing. Whoever did this deserve to be punished. Whether or not you’re a cat lover, every life is precious. Since last month, one by one of our community cats are disappearing and we’re afraid the same might happen to them.

The ‘box’ was tightly wrapped with cloth and stapled to the wooden structure. (More like a funeral condolences flower stand). Police report has been made and investigations are on going. Let’s all hope we’ll catch the culprit.

A video that captured the incident can be found in the link here.

Source: Seri Amirah

October 4, 2017
Animal Cruelty: Man Wrapped Up A Stray Cat In Masking Tape, Another Woman Abandoned Her Cat

A man was fined S$6,000 for animal cruelty, after he wrapped up a stray cat in masking tape, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) said on Wednesday (Aug 23).

Li Xiaojing, 30, admitted to wrapping the stray cat in masking tape after it entered his home.

He claimed the cat had urinated in his home, and that he had taped it so that it could be taken away.

The cat – with its entire body taped up tightly – was found by a member of the public at Ubi Avenue 1, community group Yishun 326 Tabby Cat said in a Feb 1 Facebook post appealing for information.

The cat was taken to a veterinary clinic, where it had to be anaesthetised before all the masking tape could be removed.

The cat did not sustain any physical injuries from the incident and has been rehomed.

In a separate case, Noorfazanah Abdul Salam, 32, was fined S$3,000 for abandoning her pet cat.

Noorfazanah said she had taken the cat to the vet on Nov 22, 2016, but took it back home as she could not afford the treatment for it.

Later that same day, she abandoned the mixed-breed cat in a pet carrier at Sumang Walk in Punggol.

A member of the public found the cat and AVA was alerted to the case the following day.

The cat was in need of urgent veterinary attention at the time, AVA said.

The cat has since been treated and rehomed, it added.

Those who abandon their pets could be fined up to S$10,000 and/or jailed up to a year. Anyone found guilty of animal cruelty can be fined up to S$15,000 and/or jailed up to 18 months.

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com

August 24, 2017
FairPrice Lodges Police Report Over False Claim That Its House Brand Rice Is Made Of Plastic

If you were one of those caught up in a whirlwind of panic when you thought the FairPrice jasmine fragrant rice in your kitchen was supposedly made of plastic, you can rest easy now. The supermarket chain has since debunked the rumours circulating via text and social media. It also lodged a police report over the fake claim and declared on its Facebook page that the rice is 100 percent safe for consumption and has passed ‘stringent safety checks by the authorities’.

Stores will display notices to calm anxious customers — some of whom have already insisted on refunds at various outlets yesterday — but those who still fear they bought a bag of fake rice can check its authenticity with the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority.

Fairprice has issued the following statement on their Facebook page:

Dear shoppers,

We’ve noticed a recent message on social media asserting that our FairPrice housebrand jasmine fragrant rice is made of plastic.

This is false.

We’d like to assure all our shoppers that our rice is 100% safe for consumption, and have passed stringent safety checks by the authorities. We would like to advise the public not to further circulate this malicious rumour. Thank you!

Source: MSN

February 2, 2017
Huttons Asia Hit By Massive 1 Star Review After Hit, Curse And Run Accident

Animal Lovers League (ALL), a registered charity which is a shelter to about 700 abused and rescued dogs and cats on 23 Oct, appealed for information on the driver of a car which ran over their dog. The incident happened on 23 Oct at about 10.45am near 61 Pasir Ris Farmway 3.

ALL said in a Facebook post: “Two Witnesses asked her to stop and help them with the injured dog. The driver’s response was “F*** you. It’s only a dog,” and drove off. If you know who the woman driver is, please TEXT or whatsapp Cathy on 91546422.” The car plate number is: SJR9248E.

The animal shelter in saying that it would file a report on the incident with the Police as well as AVA, described the injured dog as a “really sweet dog who loves his pats and treats.”

The unfortunate event which happened just outside their shelter was witnessed by several volunteers.

“When the car ran him over, the wheel rolled over him and he was also hit several times by the mud guard as the driver didn’t stop, while he struggled under the car,” said ALL. The dog is currently being attended to by a vet.

The owner of the car that ran over a dog belonging to an animal shelter in Pasir Ris has now been identified as 38-year-old woman living in Tampines. A commenter on All’s volunteer Lixin Tan’s Facebook post said that he paid the fee to extract the information using the car’s registration plate.
Facebook user Jessica Yeow said that the hit-and-run driver is a real estate agent.

After Jessica’s post revealing where the hit-and-curse driver worked went viral, Huttons Asia which is believed to be the real estate agency in which the driver works, started getting massive 1 star ratings in Facebook.

Source: http://theindependent.sg

October 26, 2016
AVA Investigating Possible Sale Of Adulterated Prawns In Sengkang Wet Market

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is investigating a complaint about a substance found in the heads of prawns purchased from a Sengkang wet market last week.

It is looking into whether the sale weight of the crustaceans was artificially increased by injecting gelatin in them.

The 40-year-old woman who bought them, who wanted to be known only as Madam Huang, discovered the translucent blobs while cleaning 25 prawns she had bought from a stall at Rivervale Plaza.

After she placed the prawns in boiling water, the blobs hardened into a solid white “rubber-like” substance, she told The Straits Times.

Alarm bells rang as she had recently read an online article about seafood suppliers in Vietnam who inject prawns with gelatin-like chemicals to increase their weight to sell them at a higher price.

The Singapore permanent resident, who moved here from Guangdong, China, said in Mandarin: “In my home town, it is common for suppliers to illegally inject substances into prawns and sotongs. That is why I noticed the blobs.”

It was her first time encountering “abnormal” prawns.

Prawns in Singapore are sourced from countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.

An AVA spokesman said: “As part of AVA’s food safety programme, imported prawns and shrimp (fresh or frozen) are monitored and sampled for food safety and compliance with our standards and requirements.”

Its sampling tests cover a wide range of chemical contaminants and microbiological hazards, including pesticide residues, drug residues such as antibiotics and hormones, and microbial hazards such as salmonella.

“Food products that fail our inspections and tests will not be allowed for sale and enforcement action will be taken,” the spokesman added. This includes the destruction of the product, licence suspension and import restriction.

The stallholder who sold Madam Huang the prawns told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Wanbao that he had bought the prawns from wholesalers, and it was the first time this had happened in more than 10 years of running his business.

Mr Lee Boon Cheow, president of the Singapore Fish Merchants’ General Association, said he had not heard of such a case here.

Supermarket chain FairPrice said: “We wish to assure our customers that we work closely with AVA on this matter and do not stock any food that has not been approved by the authorities.”

Source: www.straitstimes.com

July 5, 2016