Haiti Place Haiti Halts Imports of Dominican Flour Due to Toxic Contents

News Information

  • NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
  • NEWS_POSTED_ON: Aug 04, 2015
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  • Category : Haiti News
  • Description : July 30, 2015
  • Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
  • Website : http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4034171&Itemid=1

Overview

  • Port au Prince, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) Haiti confirmed today that imports of wheat flour produced in the Dominican Republic were halted and the batch purchased quarantined due to the high amounts of a carcinogenic substance in its contents.

    According to Charles Pierre Carlomagno, Ministry of Agriculture, the measure was taken to protect the population as an unusual amount of potassium bromate, which causes various cancers, was found.

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