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SINGAPORE : The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said frozen french beans and Julie's Butter Crackers sold in Singapore are safe to eat.
Japan ordered the "Ingen" brand of frozen french beans - imported from China - off the shelves, after a consumer fell ill.
Tests showed they had 34,000 times the pesticide residue level permitted by Japan.
According to the AVA, this brand of frozen beans is not imported into Singapore, nor are any other beans from the implicated company, Yantai Beihai Foodstuff Co Ltd.
Tests by AVA also show that other brands of frozen beans are safe to eat. The authority said Singapore imported 53 tonnes of frozen beans from China in the past six months.
According to Japanese media, police now suspect sabotage as another package of the same product did not contain the pesticide Dichlorvos.
Over in Taiwan, Julie's Butter Crackers imported from Malaysia have also been taken off shelves, after a random check found that melamine levels exceeded local limits.
But unlike the Julie's crackers in Taiwan, those sold in Singapore have a different labelling, showing that they are for the Singapore, USA, Hong Kong/Macau, and Malaysia markets.
AVA tests showed that the made-in-Malaysia crackers are not contaminated with melamine. - CNA /ls
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