Walk With Nature » China Food Scandals http://walknature.com Nature Is Without Rewards Or Punishments But Only Consequences Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:06:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pork Luncheon Meat Banned http://walknature.com/2008/02/pork-luncheon-meat-banned/ http://walknature.com/2008/02/pork-luncheon-meat-banned/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:25:00 +0000 walknature http://walknature.com/blog/2008/02/pork-luncheon-meat-banned/ SINGAPORE- The agent of a popular mainland canned pork product has initiated a recall and suspended sales after tests showed a sample contained a cancer-causing antibiotic.
The Centre for Food Safety yesterday revealed this after laboratory tests showed a sample of Shanghai Ma Ling B2 340g pork luncheon meat (less sodium) was found to have traces of nitrofurans.

The batch number is B2 5 for the product, which carries a best-before date of December 26, 2009 . According to the sole agent, the canned pork was imported on only two occasions – last December and January this year. The scare spread when Singapore ’s Agri -Food and Veterinary Authority detected carcinogenic traces in a consignment of canned pork from Ma Ling and Gulong food processing factories.
These brands have been banned from entering Singapore since August 2007 for containing nitrofurans( an antibiotic for pigs).

Other relevant information available at :-

The Asian Pacific Post
The Standard
AHN
Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene
Malaya News

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