Singapore's imports of eggs, broiler chickens, and ducks from Malaysia remain stable despite reports that a few poultry farms in Malaysia, which were exporting eggs to Singapore, had been affected by Newcastle Disease.

The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore has assured the public that the disease does not pose a risk to food safety, and that it only affects animal health and farm production.

AVA has worked closely with the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia (DVS) to assess the disease situation. Inspection teams from AVA have been making visits to affected farms to assess the outbreak.

The teams did not observe a high mortality of chickens in these farms and noted that the vaccination against Newcastle Disease had been effective.

Egg exporters have also provided assurance that egg exports to Singapore will not be affected as the production capacity of the egg farms will still be able to meet Singapore's demand.

Singapore imports approximately 3.7 million eggs, 125,000 broiler chickens, and 20,000 broiler ducks from Malaysia daily. There has been no significant change in the import quantity of eggs, broiler chickens, and ducks from Malaysia thus far.

In order to ensure safe and adequate supplies of eggs and poultry to Singapore, AVA will continue to work closely with DVS in monitoring the situation.