Tempo Interactive, Tuesday, 02 February, 2010
TEMPO Interactive, Makassar:Out of 800 food products from South and West Sulawesi that have been tested by the Makassar Food and Drug Monitoring Agency, 72 of them were found to contain dangerous substances.
The Head of the Makassar Food and Drug Monitoring Agency, Marigan Silitonga, explained the findings to reporters in his office in Baji Minasa Street, yesterday afternoon.
“Based on the test, 72 food products contain Rhodanin B and Borax," he said.
Rhodanin B is a synthetic coloring product usually used to color paper, textile and ink.
But it also is being used to color food such as crackers, shrimp paste, icy drinks, meat balls and the majority of red colored stall foods.
This substance is carcinogenic and can damage the heart and digestion system.
Borax is an antiseptic which is usually used to make detergent.
Borax is also found in noodles, meat balls and crackers.
This substance could cause nausea, upper stomach pain, diarrhea, sleepiness, fever, headache, digestion system irritation and liver failure.
Maringan said that the food product brands containing the dangerous substances are among others soft noodle “Lumba-lumba” produced by Sumber Pangan Gowa, yellow “Lumba-lum ba”noodles, “Yammie” meatballs produced by Fadilla Makassar Gowa, and special “Siga Putra” crackers produced by Sidoarjo Indonesia.
ABDUL AZIS
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