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List of prepacked food that requires to be date-marked

1. Cream, reduced cream, light cream, whipped cream and sour cream excluding sterilised canned cream.

2. Cultured milk and cultured milk drink.

3. Pasteurised milk and pasteurised milk drink.

4. Yoghurt, low-fat yoghurt, fat-reduced yoghurt, non-fat yoghurt and yoghurt products.

5. Pasteurised fruit juice and pasteurised fruit juice drink.

6. Pasteurised vegetable juice and pasteurised vegetable juice drink.

7. Tofu, "taufu" or "doufu", a soya beancurd product made of basically soya beans, water and a coagulant, including "egg tofu", "taukau" or "dougan", and the soft soya beancurd dessert known as "tauhui", "tofa", or "douhua", but excluding the oil fried tofu in the form of a pouch known as "taupork", and the fried beancurd stick.

8. Food which is stored or required to be stored at a chilling temperature to maintain or prolong its durable life, but excluding raw fruits and vegetables.

9. Vitaminised fruit juice and vitaminised fruit juice drink.

10. Vitaminised vegetable juice and vitaminised vegetable juice drink.

11. Liquid milk and liquid milk products excluding condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and canned sterilised milk and milk products.

12. Flour.

13. Salad dressing.

14. Mayonnaise.

15. Raisins and sultanas.

16. Chocolate, milk chocolate and chocolate confectionery in which the characteristic ingredient is chocolate or cocoa, with or without the addition of fruits or nuts.

17. Breakfast-cereal with or without fruit and nuts except cereal in cans.

18. Infants' food.

19. Edible cooking oils.

Source: Consumers Association of Singapore Press Release 17 May 2005