PUTRAJAYA: Dried plum and prune products that are being sold locally do not contain too much lead, Health Ministry tests revealed.
Its food safety and quality division director Noraini Mohd Othman said the lead content in 15 of the 44 samples analysed was not above 2mg/kg, the permissable maximum level as stated in the Food Regulations 1985.
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