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Consumer Alert: Undeclared Sulfites in Micson Coconut Slices

NEWS RELEASE



Contact:  Jessica Chittenden
          518-457-3136

For Immediate Release

Consumer Alert: Undeclared Sulfites in Micson Coconut Slices

New York - January 11, 2002 -- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Nathan L. Rudgers today warned sulfite-allergic consumers and asthmatics to avoid consuming Micson Coconut Slices due to undeclared sulfites in the product.

The product is being recalled by Yue Fung USA Enterprises, Inc., 135-21 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, New York 11354. Micson Coconut Slices are packaged in a 200-gram plastic bag with a "BEST BEFORE" date of 31-11-2001. It was sold in the Queens area only.

Routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets food inspectors revealed the product contained high levels of sulfites, which were not declared on the label.

Sulfites can cause deadly reactions in asthmatics and other suffering sulfite allergies.

This product should be returned to Yue Fung USA Enterprises, Inc.


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