Free Sale Certificate (Food)
- Validity
- 12 months
- Processing time
- 3 working days
- Issuing authority
- SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY (SFA)
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Who needs the Free Sale Certificate (Food)
This licence applies to Singapore businesses registered under the following SSIC industry codes:
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 101 — PROCESSING AND PRESERVING OF MEAT
Includes: 10101 Slaughtering of livestock and poultry, 10102 Manufacture of sausage, 10103 Preparing, canning and preserving of livestock and livestock products, 10104 Preparing, canning and preserving of poultry and poultry products
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 102 — PROCESSING AND PRESERVING OF SEAFOOD
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 103 — PROCESSING AND PRESERVING OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Includes: 10301 Manufacture of jams, 10302 Other canning and preserving of fruits and fruit juices, 10303 Other canning and preserving of vegetables and vegetable juices
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 104 — MANUFACTURE OF VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL OILS AND FATS
Includes: 10401 Manufacture of edible vegetable and animal oils and fats, 10402 Manufacture of inedible vegetable and animal oils and fats, 10409 Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats n.e.c.
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 105 — MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
Includes: 10501 Manufacture of condensed and evaporated milk; pasteurising and bottling of fluid milk, 10502 Manufacture of milk powder, 10503 Manufacture of ice-cream, 10509 Manufacture of dairy products n.e.c.
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 106 — MANUFACTURE OF GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS, STARCHES AND STARCH PRODUCTS
Includes: 10611 Rice milling, 10612 Wheat milling, 10619 Manufacture of grain mill products n.e.c., 10620 Manufacture of starches and starch products
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 107 — MANUFACTURE OF OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS
Includes: 10711 Manufacture of biscuits, 10712 Manufacture of bread, cakes and confectionery (except frozen bakery products), 10719 Manufacture of bakery products n.e.c., 10720 Manufacture of sugar and sugar products
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 108 — MANUFACTURE OF PREPARED ANIMAL FEEDS
- Voluntary / supplementaryGroup 561 — RESTAURANTS, CAFES, FOOD COURTS, FOOD KIOSKS AND BARS
Includes: 56111 Restaurants, 56112 Cafes, 56121 Fast food outlets, 56122 Operators of food courts, hawker centres, coffee shops and canteens (with mainly food and beverage income)
Required documents and prerequisites
Items the applicant typically needs ready before submitting:
- Product Details
- File format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PDF,PPT,PPTX,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Others
- File format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PDF,PPT,PPTX,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
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