KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – The Health Ministry said today it is testing growing up milk powder sold at Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia (KR1M) outlets after claims by the opposition that it can lead to vitamin poisoning.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai told reporters that ministry officials have made checks but found the product, for children above the age of one, has been taken off the shelves.
But the MCA deputy president said samples of the product were taken from the supplier’s premises and were being tested.
“Just wait for the report,” he said today, adding that the claim that the milk formula had over eight times the maximum limit of Vitamin A set by the Food Regulations Act 1985 would be investigated.
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) claimed yesterday the 1 Malaysia-branded Growing Up Milk Powder contained 6,012 international units (IU) of Vitamin A per 100kcal.
DAP publicity chief Tony Pua said this was 802 per cent of the legal limit and also 588 per cent of the United States Recommended Daily Allowance.
Excessive amounts of Vitamin A may lead to liver problems, reduced bone mineral density, skin discolouration and hair loss, he said.
Pua also said the amount of calcium and iron in the milk powder as displayed on the packaging did not meet the minimum required under the law.
The opposition pact has accused the government today of taking advantage of the poor by selling “substandard products” at the KR1M which were launched by Datuk Seri Najib Razak in June.
The prime minister launched the first of three shops now operating in the Klang Valley in response to rising inflation, which hit a two-year high of 3.5 per cent that same month.
KR1M, operated by hypermarket giant Mydin, offers 250 generic products like rice, oil, flour, bread, eggs, milk powder and diapers at prices 30 to 40 per cent lower than market rates, as well as branded goods.
Najib said more KR1M would be set up in other locations similar to the 1 Malaysia clinics his administration has established in states like Sabah and Sarawak.
At a press conference on Monday, Mydin denied allegations that KR1M sold higher priced but lower quality products.
Mydin managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin only conceded that there was a misleading label on the 1 Malaysia oyster sauce bottle which should instead have stated it was oyster-flavoured sauce.
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