SUGAR CANE DRINKS

This email was sent by a friend whose father is working with the
Ministry of the Environment in S'pore. >> >> Health News - About
Sugar Cane Drinks

A friend whose father works for the government health inspection >> passed on his info. Their job is to inspect all hawkers, their >> cooked food, their store hygiene, etc.
>>>>They found sugar cane juice >> has the highest content of bacteria
>>>>among all food. In fact, it
>>>> >> has exceeded the set limit. Hence, these guys had to find out why.
>>>> >> >>
>>>>They went round all sugar cane stores and watched the way the >>
>>>>hawkers handled their sugar cane, wash their glasses, their entire >> procedure.
>>>>But they couldn't find the problem. >> >> One day, they stayed till
>>>>closing time and discovered some >> shocking facts! Whenever, the
>>>>hawkers closed their stores, they >> would wash the > >> floor with
>>>>detergent. As we know, the remaining sugar canes will >> be placed
>>>>at the back of the store, vertically standing and as >> sugar canes
>>>>are very porous, they tend to absorb whatever liquid >> around >
>>>>them. >> Besides the soapy water, the dirt on hawkers' boots, cats'
>>>>urine, >> etc, > >> will all be absorbed?? >> >> Now, whenever I eat
>>>>at a hawker centre, I would warn all my >> friends about this and of
>>>>course I stopped drinking my favourite >> sugar cane juice. >> >> A
>>>>friend, who loved sugar cane juice, was pregnant. She was always >>
>>>>drinking sugar cane juice. Anyway, one day she miscarried and the >>
>>>>fetus was already like 6 or 7 months old, I think. When the >>
>>>>doctors did an autopsy to find out why all of a sudden the fetus >>
>>>>had died inside her, they found traces of some chemical substance,
>>>>>> which was found in cat urine. Large traces of it. >> >> While it
>>>>would not be able to harm adults, it was extremely toxic >> to
>>>>babies,what more a fetus? So they tried to determine how this >> cat
>>>>urine thing could have ended up in the fetus. This meant that >> it
>>>>had to be digested by the mother, right? >> >> And the only logical
>>>>conclusion they could come up with was that >> since > >> these
>>>>sugar cane juice stall holders just leave the canes lying >> around
>>>>> >> on the wet and dirty floor, it would not be impossible to think
>>>>>> that stray cats could have peed on those sugar canes or near
>>>>those >> sugar canes. So think carefully the next time you order
>>>>that >> favourite sugar > >> cane juice! >> >> Please pass this on
>>>>to everyone you know in S'pore & M'sia. >> >> Let's take action to
>>>>make this world a better & safer place for >> >> ALL of us & the
>>>>generations to come. >>
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