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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1993
HE SAID THE INSPECTIONS
WERE TO TO VISITORS AS "THEIR SAFETY
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DANGER COMPROMISED.
GET RID OF ANY POTENTIAL CANNOT AND MUST NOT BE
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 164 LICENSED TOURIST GUESTHOUSES,
ORDINANCE HAS TO BE то UPHOLD HONG KONG'S
"THE HOTEL AND GUESTHOUSE ACCOMMODATION STRICTLY ENFORCED TO SAFEGUARD TOURISTS, AND REPUTATION AS A TOURIST CENTRE, MR LO STRESSED.
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HE INVITED THE PUBLIC TO REPORT ON
UNLICENSED
GUESTHOUSES BY
TELEPHONING 881 7034.
SAMPLES OF MILK PRODUCTS TESTED * * * * *
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON THE TESTING OF MILK PRODUCT SAMPLES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (TUESDAY) CONFIRMED THAT MINUTE TRACES OF ALUMINIUM PARTICLES WERE FOUND IN THE SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE PRODUCTS BEING RECALLED BY THE SOLE AGENT OF FRISOLAC H AND FRISOMEL.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PARTICLES FOUND WERE BARELY VISIBLE HUMAN EYES.
ΤΟ
ANY
HE SAID TRACE ALUMINIUM PARTICLES CONSUMED SHOULD NOT HAVE LONG-TERM HARMFUL EFFECT AS THE PARTICLES WOULD BE EXCRETED OUT OF THE BODY.
HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA HAD FOUND THAT TRACE ALUMINIUM WAS COMMONLY FOUND TN BREAST MILK, SOYA-BASED AND COW-BASED MILK FORMULA.
HE SAID: "THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ MONITOR THE RECALL EXERCISE CONDUCTED BY THE SOLE AGENT.'
AS ON THE TESTING OF OTHER MILK PRODUCT SAMPLES NO'T ON RECALL LIST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESULTS FOUND WERE WITHIN INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTABLE STANDARD AND SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION.
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