المال
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PROF. POON : Sir, the Secretary said that if any seafood
was found to be unsafe for consumption, the vendor might
be prosecuted. Does this imply that the vendor has a
legal responsibility to make sure that his seafood is safe
for sale through routine testing and analysis of random
samples? If yes, has the Government got any statistics
that vendors have failed to abide by this requirement?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE Sir, I understand that
the law does provide for the vendor to be responsible in
these circumstances. But as far as I am aware, during the
last year
year at least, there have been
this particular purpose.
prosecutions for
MR. SOHMEN : Sir,
: as
as I I am not a biologist, my question may
be a bit naive, but since there are toxic and non-toxic
red tides is there any correlation in the incidence of
their occurrence? In other words, do non-toxic red tides
occur more frequently than toxic ones, or vice versa?