Food safety breach at Woodlands MRT food stall

Some netizens were shocked by the sight.

“Wow… Wipe the fingers on the bread?” asked a Facebook user. “This complaint is not unreasonable! How to eat? How to pass? Under food safety regulations, this shop confirmed kena!” another said. “I won’t eat it if it were given to me for free,” yet another commented in Chinese.

Several even suggested how the hand might have been used before the food was prepared.

“Imagine (the) same finger used to dig the nose,” said one. “Before that he scratched his backside,” another said.

Some thought nothing of it, with some noting that pizza, prata, and sushi are also prepared with bare hands.

“Roti prata also use bare hand flip here and there. After cooking, still use bare hands — the prata. People are still willing to eat it, what. So what’s the point here?” said one. “Japanese sushi chefs at Japanese restaurants prepare sushi without gloves and spread wasabi on the sushi with bare fingers also,” another said.

Other users felt it would have been more useful if the original poster had reported the stall to the authorities or confronted the worker instead of sharing the post.

“At least something can be done, helps others, too,” said one Facebook user. Why record when you can confront (the worker)? another asked.

And there were some who made light of the finger food.

“Finger-licking good,” said one, borrowing the KFC tagline. “Vitamin booster,” another said.

In response to Stomp’s queries, a Singapore Food Agency spokesperson confirmed that investigations are ongoing.

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