PENANG: The Health Ministry will investigate a claim by the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) that paracetamol, an oral painkiller, is being widely used in restaurants to soften meat.
Parliamentary secretary to the ministry Datuk Lee Kah Choon said it would investigate the claim although it had never received reports that paracetamol was being used as a cheaper alternative to commercially available meat tenderisers.
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