<!--l version="1.0-->SINGAPORE: The Agri-Food
& Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) is extending checks
for the industrial plasticiser DEHP in bubble tea ingredients.
This comes as the Taiwan food scare involving DEHP,
which can affect the hormone balance in young people,
continues.
AVA is also checking fruit jams, jellies and juices
manufactured in Taiwan for DEHP.
Some bubble tea retailers say they have sent eight to
nine ingredients to AVA for checks, though they only need to send
in two to three.
And they did this, they say, despite having their
ingredients checked in Taiwan earlier.
Maria Goh, operation manager of bubble tea retailer
"Come Buy", said: "We have about 150 stalls worldwide...eight
countries have our bubble tea stalls. So we (want to) make sure
that (customers) everywhere, like Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and
Shanghai, they drink it with confidence."
- CNA/ir 31 May 2011 2152 hrs (GMT + 8hrs)
Would you still patronize the bubble tea in Singapore?
I hope the Taiwan Gong Cha is not affected, my
fav.
