Fisheries Agency Finds Formaldehyde in 5% of N. Jakarta Fish
By Jakarta Globe on 12:19 pm December 10, 2013.
Jakarta fisheries officials have warned consumers that around five percent of fish sold at markets in North Jakarta is contaminated by formaldehyde, a known carcinogen.
“We have recorded the data and are investigating how [the markets] got the fish,” North Jakarta Fishery and Maritime agency chief Muhammad Mikron said, as quoted by the Jakarta government news service beritajakarta.com. “We have asked the sellers to sign an agreement that they would not sell formaldehyde-tainted fish.”
Mikron said a random check by officials last month found 17 fish sellers with formaldehyde-tainted fish at Tugu, Koja Baru, Lontar, Sukapura, West Pademangan and Mandiri markets.
He added that formaldehyde was found in both salt-water and freshwater fish, but that squid were the worst affected.
The agency said that fish traders had been given a warning, but that the agency would report any second-time offenders to the police. The agency was not able to confirm how much formaldehyde was found in the fish.
di 10 dec 2013 - 21:08