{"id":20463,"date":"2025-12-16T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20463"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:22:58","slug":"2-products-found-to-be-adulterated-with-substances-not-permitted-for-use-in-food-sfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=20463","title":{"rendered":"2 products found to be adulterated with substances not permitted for use in food: SFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013<!-- --> Consumers who have bought two products \u2013 <!-- -->Ferrari Candy<!-- --> and <!-- -->TK Premium Coffee<!-- --> \u2013 from online sellers are advised not to consume them, said the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a statement on <!-- -->Dec 16<!-- -->, the agency said it detected in the two products substances not permitted for use in food. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Ferrari Candy<!-- -->, advertised as \u201c<!-- -->Rerrarii<!-- --> Candy\u201d on TikTok and marketed as a sexual enhancement product with claims of boosting stamina and vitality, contains the prescription medicine <!-- -->tadalafil<!-- -->. The country of origin is unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">TK Premium Coffee<!-- -->, which originates from the US and is marketed as a weight reduction product, contains <!-- -->sibutramine<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SFA has issued advisories to the respective online sellers to stop selling the products immediately, and is working with e-commerce platforms to remove the product listings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Tadalafil<!-- --> is a medicine used to treat erectile dysfunction and should be given only under medical supervision. Using the substance inappropriately can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, headache, migraine, irregular heart rate and priapism, which is a painful and exceedingly long erection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The medicine can also cause potentially life-threatening low blood pressure in those who are on heart medications, especially those containing nitrates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Sibutramine<!-- --> has been banned in Singapore since <!-- -->2010<!-- --> due to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. It can cause heart problems and central nervous system disorders such as psychosis and hallucinations. It is also known to cause seizures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those who have consumed the products and have concerns about their health should seek medical advice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Consumers should exercise caution and be mindful of risks associated with consuming food from unknown or unverified sources, SFA added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for SFA\/Singapore Food Agency\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">SFA\/Singapore Food Agency<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Food hygiene\/safety\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Food hygiene\/safety<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/2-products-found-to-be-adulterated-with-substances-not-permitted-for-use-in-food-sfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 Consumers who have bought two products \u2013 Ferrari Candy and TK Premium Coffee \u2013 from online sellers are advised not to consume them,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}