MALAYSIA: China food on alert list - (The Star)
November 21, 2007 – 7:54 pmKUALA LUMPUR — Honey, oyster sauce and dried mushrooms are, according to this story, among food products from China which have been placed on the food alert list for contravening regulations in Malaysia.
Data from the Health Ministry Food Quality and Safety Division indicated, in samples taken on specific dates, that pesticide residue was detected in the dried mushrooms on four occasions from April to July this year.
Drug residue was found in the honey sample taken in June while the cancer-causing agent 3-MCPD was found in oyster sauce tested in May.
There were 32 Chinese products placed under the ministry’s Food Safety Information System (FoSIM) level five alert, where products are held, tested and then released, from January to October this year.
There are six levels of alerts the first is auto clearance and the sixth is auto rejection.
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