THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1988
FOR
RESULTS OF LABORATORY TESTS ON VEGETABLES
VEGETABLES RECKIVED FOR NEGATIVE TESTED
FOR THE RECENT
THE FOR
MUNICIPAL
THREE RESPONSIBLE SPOKESMAN A
OF FOUR SAMPLES OF SUSPECTED CONTAMINATED GOVERNMENT LABORATORY TESTING, METHAMIDOPHOS,
TOXIC PESTICIDE THE OUTBREAK OF VEGETABLE POISONING, SERVICES BRANCH (MSB) SAID TODAY (THURSDAY),
ORGANISATION OF
THE BANNED PESTICIDE, "THE REMAINING SAMPLE WAS POSITIVE FOR
NOT DID
EXCEED THE MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMIT BUT THE CONCENTRATION
THE JOINTLY RECOMMENDED BY THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, WHICH IS CONSIDERED SAFE.
SAID.
"HOWEVER, THE CONSIGNMENT HAS BEEN
DESTROYED, THE SPOKESMAN
INSPECTION
BUREAU
(CIB)
HAS BEEN
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
BRANCH
FOR
"THE SHENZHEN COMMODITY INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT AND REQUESTED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION."
UP TO YESTERDAY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE
FOLLOW-UP VEGETABLES.
ACTION,
A
THE (WEDNESDAY), VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION (VMO),
REPORTS OF PESTICIDE-TAINTED OF FOUR TOTAL
16
THESE REPORTS FOLLOWED THE VMO'S IMPLEMENTATION ON DECEMBER
(AFD) RECENTLY DEPARTMENT'S AND FISHERIES THE AGRICULTURE INTRODUCED QUICK SCREENING TEST ON VEGETABLES FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUES.
OF
STATED THAT ONE TO TRST POSITIVE то THE MSB FOR
AT THE AFD'S PRESS BRIEFING YESTERDAY IT WAS CONSIGNMENT OF VEGETABLES WHICH THE VMO HAD FOUND FOR PESTICIDES,
REFERRED
INVESTIGATION, HAD EARLIER BEEN RELEASED TO THE MARKET.
ACCORDING
AND SUBSEQUENTLY
TO THE AFD, THE
WHOLESALER
OF VEGETABLES HAD NOT CO-OPERATED BY VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERING FOR DESTRUCTION.
THE
IMPLICATED HIS GOODS
BY
THE MSB SPOKESMAN SAID THE PUBLIC ALARM AS THE LEFT-OVER SAMPLE OF THE CONFIRMED METHAMIDOPHOS.
GOVERNMENT THE
TO LABORATORY
SHOULD HAVE NO CAUSE FOR HAD BEEN RELEASED CONSIGNMENT
BE NEGATIVE
FOR
THE OUTBREAK OF VEGETABLE-POISONING IN LATE OCTOBER HAD LED
THE FOR FOR VEGETABLES CHINA'S IMPLEMENTING A TAGGING SYSTEM KONG MARKET.
ΤΟ
HONG
SIDE OF OF CHINA'S
"INSPECTION AND SAMPLING BY HEALTH INSPECTORS ON THIS
THE MSB OF THE USEFULNESS THE BORDER HAVE TAGGING SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
CONVINCED
/"THE VMO'S