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[Dokter Umum] [ O O T ]The STRAIT TIMES: Melamine found in China vegetables

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Melamine found in China vegetables

News Desk
The Straits Times
Publication Date: 05-10-2008

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Vegetables grown in China have been found to be tainted with melamine, an unexpected twist in a scandal that has so far involved only dairy and milk products.

Malaysian Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said his ministry had launched checks on all vegetables imported from China after learning from South Korean authorities that they had detected a high level of melamine in Chinese vegetables, Bernama reported.

The report did not give details on how contamination could have happened, but South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Friday that pesticide was likely to be blamed.

It cited China's Caijing business magazine as saying that experts had discovered melamine in Chinese agricultural products. Some mushrooms were found to contain as much as 17mg of melamine per kg.

An adult can safely consume 0.63mg of melamine per kg of body weight every day, according to standards set by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

In response to the reports, Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) spokesman Goh Shih Yong told The Sunday Times that melamine is a by-product of the approved pesticide, cyromazine.

He said the AVA has in place a programme to inspect the pesticide levels of imported fruits and vegetables. Those failing the test would not be allowed for sale here.

"Imported vegetables from China for consumption in Singapore are safe to eat," he said.

In other developments in the widening scandal, the Korea Food and Drug Administration ordered Mars to pull its M&M's milk chocolate candies and Snickers peanut Fun Size, and Nestle to recall Kit Kat chocolate bars yesterday after the snacks were found to contain low levels of melamine, Agence France-Presse reported.