Seafood tested for toxins

by VTV425 August 2016 Last updated at 07:21 AM

VTV.vn - The results of tests on seafood in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue will come out at the end of August according to the Ministry of Health’s Vietnam Food Administration.

The tests will determine whether fish and seafood from the area is now safe to eat. The tests, initiated in April, have been run on more than 400 seafood samples collected in the selected provinces. As of July, 7 of the 27 samples were seriously infected with metals. In August, the test found only 1 out of 18 samples with metal residues exceeding allowed limits.

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