3 festive foods fail tests

January 11, 2012

Three Lunar New Year festive food samples have failed Centre for Food Safety tests.
 
A sliced sea volute, a sweetened winter melon and a bamboo fungus contained the preservative sulphur dioxide exceeding the legal limit.
 
People who consume the food who are allergic to sulphur dioxide may experience shortness of breath, headache and nausea.
 
Warning letters were issued to the vendors, asking them to stop the sale of and to dispose of those food items.