FDA launches food investigation
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating food items including cooking oil and snacks in markets in Mandalay, Lashio and Muse.
Investigators will be collecting samples, whicinclude snacks made in China, to check for banned dyes and funguses.
“We will go to the markets and take the samples. As we can’t read ingredients of snacks made in China, these will also be tested. We will announce the list of dangerous items after the test is done,” said an official from the FDA.
The FDA has opened a mini-laboratory at the 105 mile Border Trade Zone located near the Myanmar-China border and has started to scrutinise food items from China. They plan to open more labs in other border trade zones.
