Bytedance had ordered catered food from Pu Tien Services & Yun Hai Yao

Four months after 169 staff suffered severe food poisoning at the ByteDance office in One Raffles Quay, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) confirmed that it was due to catered food.

In a Facebook post on Friday (29 Nov), SFA vowed to take enforcement actions against those responsible.

ByteDance orders catered food for its offices

SFA described the ByteDance incident as “one of the more serious food poisoning cases in recent years”.

Investigations have concluded, it said, and findings showed that catered food was the cause of the illnesses.

ByteDance had reportedly said its staff had fallen ill after a “recent visit to the L26 canteen”, which engages licensed external vendors to cater Chinese food for its offices.

Two of its caterers were Pu Tien Services and Yun Hai Yao at Northpoint City.