An Indomie chicken special variant was recently banned in Taiwan and Malaysia over concern that it contains carcinogenic substances. Indonesia’s Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) found that the said variant did contain Ethylene oxide but at a level that is acceptable to the country’s safety standard, according to a report by The Jakarta Post.
An Indonesian trade ministry official named Budi Santoso was quoted in a Reuters report as saying that the Indomie instant noodle in Indonesia was safe but Taiwan’s regulations “are very sensitive”, different to the standard in Indonesia.
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