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This comes after the sale of some of the products by the two spice makers was banned in Hong Kong and Singapore for containing a cancer-causing chemical...
Earlier on April 5, Hong Kong also revealed that it detected ethylene oxide in three MDH products Madras Curry Powder, Mixed Masala Powder, and Sambhar Masala and Everest's Fish Curry Masala...
Hong Kong regulations prohibit the sale of food containing pesticide residues exceeding safe limits.. MDH and Everest have not yet publicly addressed the reports of carcinogens in their products...
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