Have you bought La Tiao’s viral Chinese snacks? BPOM: Throw it away, don’t eat it!

Jakarta –

Unusual outbreaks (KLB) of food poisoning due to the Chinese la tiao viral snack have been reported in several areas including Lampung, Sukabumi, Wonosobo, South Tangerang, Pamekasan, and Riau. Most of the victims were primary school children.

Despite this, this viral snack is widely consumed via hand-carrying or brought directly from its country of origin, China. The Director of the Food and Drug Investigation Agency (BPOM RI) Taruna Ikrar asked the public to stop eating the viral snack for a while until the results of the investigation were completely ready.

The reason is that in four la tiao viral snacks, bacillus cereus bacteria were found that could trigger several complaints from nausea, vomiting, to fatal shortness of breath.

“It would be better if he brought a bag from abroad, la tiao snacks, just throw them away, don’t eat them, if you eat them there is still a risk of food poisoning in the 7 places break out,” said Taruna. in a press conference, Friday (1/10/2024).

“So our aim is to remind people that it is stored, throw it away immediately, there is no need to eat it because there are risks. Of the 73 products registered with BPOM, we are also holding the distribution for a while,” he concluded.

The four types of la tiao that have been found to contain these bacteria are:

1. C&j Candy Joy Latiao
2. Luvmi Hot Spicy Latio
3. KK Boy Latiao
4. Lianggui Latiao

(naf/kna)