NO WORRIES FROM FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Pic: GoogleI personally think that fruits and vegetables are melamine free. It might contain other chemical insecticides but the government should make sure it is under the approved level so that it will not impose any health hazard towards Malaysians.
57 fruits, vegies test negative for melamine
KUALA LUMPUR: All 57 samples of fruits and vegetables taken by the Health Ministry have tested negative for melamine, said minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the samples were taken from six entry points and they included apples (five samples), grapes (three), pears (14), carrots (three), potatoes (11), lettuce (one), cauliflower (three) and cabbage (four).
Others on the list are chinese cabbage (two), broccoli (one), ginger (one), garlic (one), onions (two), tomato (one), kailan (two), kuchai leave (one), parsley (one) and leek (one).
Liow said so far, 141 food items had been analysed, with White Rabbit Creamy Candy, Vigour 888 Filling Roll (Sergestid Shrimp Flavour) and Biskut Taro (Bairong) testing positive for melamine.
The test showed that content of melamine in White Rabbit Creamy Candy was 135 parts per million (ppm) compared with 2.5ppm, the level permitted by the Health Ministry, while Vigour 888 Filling Roll (Sergestid Shrimp Flavour) had 4.71ppm and Biskut Taro (Bairong) had 75ppm.
“We will continue the monitoring activities throughout the country by taking samples of products from China, Malaysia and other countries,” Liow said.
He said the ministry’s monitoring system was well prepared for any situation.
“From time to time, we will carry out random sampling to ensure that the food items in the country are free from poisonous content,” he said.
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