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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 09:30
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M'SIAN HEALTH MINISTRY TO SET UP 10 MORE LABS TO CONDUCT MELAMINE TEST IN FOOD

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry is setting up more laboratories, which will be equipped with modern and sophisticated equipment, to carry out test for melamine in food products, its Minister, Liow Tiong Lai said Sunday.

He said currently, there were only four laboratories for the purpose and
that efforts would be made to set up 10 more.

"We want to increase the number of laboratories to 14," he told reporters
after the MCA general assembly at Wisma MCA here.

Earlier, when winding up the debate at the assembly, Liow said the ministry
had found 32 types of food products which contained excessive melamine.

-- BERNAMA

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