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Fri, 04/27/2012 - 07:39
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China Tea Association: Lipton Tea Is Safe
BY NG CHE YEAN
BEIJING, April 27 (Bernama)-- The China Tea Association Thursday questioned
a report released by environmental protection organisation Greenpeace which
said unsafe levels of pesticide residue were found in some of Lipton's products.
"Our association has studied two reports released by Greenpeace on April 11
and April 24 respectively but the content levels of pesticide residue found in
random samples of Lipton tea were in line with the country's national standards
on pesticide residue, and are safe to drink," the association said in an
statement.
Unilever, Lipton's parent company also said in a statement posted on its
official Chinese microblog that all its Lipton tea products were safe.
"As a responsible multinational company, Unilever China has always upheld
high quality standards and the protection of consumers' rights. All the Lipton
tea products we make are completely in line with national standards on pesticide
residue, and are safe and up-to-standard goods," the company said.
According to a report by Greenpeace, methomyl, a pesticide banned in China,
and 17 other pesticide residue had been detected in some Lipton teas that
were randomly purchased by the organisation.
Lipton was not the only tea brand investigated by Greenpeace. According to
Greenpeace's report, at least three pesticides banned by the Ministry of
Agriculture were detected in products from nine major local tea companies,
including Zhang Yiyuan and Wu Yutai.
-- BERNAMA