The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority, AVA, has recalled twenty
tea products from Myanmar, which will be destroyed.
Auramine O, a yellow dye used as an industrial colouring agent
for colouring silk, cotton, paper and leather, is not permitted to
be used in food.
In a statement today, AVA advises consumers who have bought the
implicated products to discard and not consume them.
All consignments of tea leaves from Myanmar will be held for
tests, and will only be released for sale if test results show that
they are free from Auramine O.
AVA says tea leaves from Myanmar account for only 0.37 per cent
of Singapore's total supply.
Most of the tea consumed in Singapore are imported from
Malaysia, China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Consumers who have any queries can call AVA’s hotline at
63257625.
--938Live