Beware of fake banana leaf meals



CAP says paper leaves enclose chemicals as well as dispossess consumers of a benefits of a genuine thing.
GEORGE TOWN: Hungry enough for a full-blown banana root lunch? Well, only make certain we go for a genuine things or we might finish up with something some-more critical than a curry-induced heartburn.
The Consumer Association of Penang has warned consumers that a artificial banana root that a little restaurants make make use of of is an unhealthy surrogate for a genuine thing.
Many restaurants, citing a shortage of banana leaves, have been serving dishes upon green paper lined with plastic.
According to CAP boss SM Mohamad Idris, a cosmetic contains chemicals that could ooze in to a food, especially if it is hot, as a banana root meal is meant to be.
Furthermore, he told a press conference today, a green in a paper meant that it had been dyed.
He also noted a severe finish of a paper, that he pronounced indicated it was made from recycled newspapers, definition there would be alternative inks in a mix.
"If we eat upon a paper banana leaf, it's same to immoderate poison."
In a demonstration for a benefit of a reporters present, he soaked a feign banana root in water as well as pointed to a pap that was released. He pronounced a exam would uncover that a pap was laced with chemicals.
He discharged restaurateurs' defence of banana root shortage as a sore excuse for profiteering. "Paper banana leaves have been cheaper," he said, "but they definitely better a definition as well as role of banana root meals."
He called upon consumers not to concede upon a benefit! s of hea lthy banana root meals.
Natural banana root contains vast amounts of polyphenols, similar to green tea. It releases a pleasant aroma when it comes in to hit with prohibited food. It has herbal properties as well as a glue it contains is soothing to a digestive system, upon top of being a great heal for ulcers as well as working positively upon a kidneys.
Furthermore, a surface of a root has anti-bacterial properties.
"Banana root is healthy as well as containing alkali free, disposable as well as degrades in nature easily," Idris said. "It does not cause wickedness similar to plastics."
He called upon a Domestic Trade as well as Consumers Affairs Ministry to make make use of of a Trade Descriptions Act against restaurants serving dishes upon feign banana leaves.
Read More @ Source



More Barisan Nasional (BN) | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) | Sociopolitics Plus |
Courtesy of Bonology.com Politically Incorrect Buzz & Buzz

No comments: