webfact Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 DMSC warns consumers of bacterial contamination in street orange juiceBANGKOK, 13 June 2016, (NNT) - Recent findings show that the majority of orange juice sold by street vendors contains excessive amounts of artificial food coloring, preservatives, and may be contaminated with bacteria.Food testing was conducted by the Department of Medical Science (DMSc), following the arrest of a Vietnamese couple for selling fake orange juice in Saraburi province last month. DMSc Director-General Apichai Mongkol explained that testing was performed on samples collected from the Vietnamese vendors, as well as orange juice being sold on the streets of Bangkok and its vicinity.The report states that aside from artificial food coloring and preservatives, some of the orange juice also contained saccharin, a sugar substitute that is about 300 times sweeter than sugar. More than 60% of the samples were also positive for coliform bacteria, which could result in digestive illnesses and food poisoning.In order to prevent a food poisoning outbreak, Dr. Apichai strongly recommended the public only buy orange juice that comes with the Food and Drug Administration's safety logo. -- NNT 2016-06-13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piersbeckett Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 (edited) A picture of the logo would be helpful Edited June 13, 2016 by piersbeckett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesetat2013 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I didn't even know any street vendors had products that carry products with an FDA logo.. and if they did I would suspect it to be fake. They also should have added that some of these vendors are using tap water as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricBerg Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 No doubt that logo will be copied easily. Me and my family must have drunk numerous of those bottles. So far we never noticed bad effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin81 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Many of these orange juice sellers on the street are obviously selling fake products. They pretend it is 100% freshly made juice. But I have seen their sugar water under the cart that they use to mix with the orange juice. And now bacteria has also beeen confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 The Vietnamese are to blame. Thai people would never do this. The problem is always caused by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Now that's a surprise. NOT. I have NEVER seen an FDA logo on any juice sold by street vendors. Come to think of it, I have NEVER seen a label of any kind. Don't suppose they checked any of the other myriad street foods for contamination of any kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Thousands of litres of this OJ is sold up and down Sukhumvit Road and Sois, Never see a Vietnamese selling the stuff ever. Always Thais selling. Never mind blame someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNo1 Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 After being sickened several times, I never buy street fruit or juice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Wow...big surprise. I told my GF for years that this stuff is never real 100% orange juice. But first they have to arrest some Vietnamese to bring this public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4Life Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 A picture of the logo would be helpful I don't think most of them have logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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