SINGAPORE — The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Friday (July 29) that it regretted miscommunicating to kueh manufacturer Jian Bo Tiong Bahru Shui Kueh the wrong information that sorbic acid was allowed in its kueh products, up to a permissible limit.
Nevertheless, notwithstanding the gaffe, SFA's tests conducted in April found excessive amounts of sorbic acid in two of Jian Bo's kueh products — even above the limit communicated to the firm earlier — which led to theBut since Jian Bo — which is listed as Tiong Bahru Tian Bo Shui Kueh in government records — was able to produce lab test results showing its current production is free from sorbic acid, theSFA said in response to TODAY’s queries on Friday that it “regrets the...
On Wednesday morning, the SFA announced that it detected high amounts of benzoic or sorbic acid in the products of nine kueh manufacturers, including Jian Bo. However, SFA said this is incorrect as sorbic acid is permitted only in kueh filling, but not the kueh itself.Mr Ang told TODAY that his company immediately stopped using sorbic acid in its products that day. As for the use of benzoic acid, he claimed it was an ingredient his company has never used.
The agency said that “notwithstanding the miscommunication” on the permitted use of sorbic acid in kueh products, two of the products, the nine layer kueh and tapioca kueh, were found to contain high levels of sorbic acid above the limit of 1,000 ppm. SFA's statement also confirmed that Jian Bo provided test results that were conducted by a third-party accredited lab to the agency on Wednesday.
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