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Thu, 06/30/2011 - 11:58
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FDA: Food imports to Thailand free of E. coli, radioactive contamination
BANGKOK, June 30 (TNA) - Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health issued a statement on Thursday, confirming that imported food products from Europe have been found to be free from the deadly 0104 strain of the E. coli bacteria, while no harmful radioactive substances have been detected from imported food from nuclear disaster-hit Japan as well.
Dr. Pipat Yingseri, Secretary General of the ministry’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA), insisted that his agency has continued imposing measures to strictly screen imported vegetables, fruits and meat from both Europe and Japan.
The Thai FDA authority said that out of some 384 collected samples of imported food products from Japan sent for radiation checks at Bangkok-based Office of Atoms for Peace, most of them, or some 367 samples whose lab tests have been completed, including some 261 frozen seafood items, some 47 kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, have sustained normal radiation levels within internationally-recognised legal limits set by the Thai FDA.
The Thai FDA chief acknowledged, however, that his agency will soon announce revised legal limits of radiation levels in imported food products to raise and further ensure public safety. (TNA)
Dr. Pipat Yingseri, Secretary General of the ministry’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA), insisted that his agency has continued imposing measures to strictly screen imported vegetables, fruits and meat from both Europe and Japan.
The Thai FDA authority said that out of some 384 collected samples of imported food products from Japan sent for radiation checks at Bangkok-based Office of Atoms for Peace, most of them, or some 367 samples whose lab tests have been completed, including some 261 frozen seafood items, some 47 kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, have sustained normal radiation levels within internationally-recognised legal limits set by the Thai FDA.
The Thai FDA chief acknowledged, however, that his agency will soon announce revised legal limits of radiation levels in imported food products to raise and further ensure public safety. (TNA)
