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davidlimwk

7-14-2008 9:31 PM

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					<H1 id="story_title">Overdose of preservative in longan</H1>
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						<BR /> <P>OF THE 374 samples of longan tested from June 24 to July 7, 23 were found to have exceeded the permitted 30mg level of sulphur dioxide for each kilo of fruit, reported <I>Kosmo!</I></P> <P>The paper quoted Kelantan Health director Dr Lila Mohamed Meeran as saying that the department frequently detected overuse of sulphur dioxide in longan.</P> <P>“Such fruits will be rejected and will not be permitted into the country,” she said.</P> <P>Sulphur dioxide is commonly used to preserve the colour and texture of longan, as well as prevent spoilage from fungus attack.</P> <P>Eating longan overloaded with sulphur dioxide can cause headaches, skin itchiness and excessive sweating.</P> <P>Dr Lila cautioned consumers not to bite the skin to peel open the fruit. They must also wash the fruits thoroughly to reduce the sulphur dioxide residue on the skin.</P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0CD382FF-2BE5-4D79-8905-F63193A7DBF0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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