Nutritionist Warns Public About Bacteria Colonies In 'Kicap' Bottles At Restaurants
Nutritionist Siin Lin Guan Liang urged everyone to check the soy sauce bottles before pouring the condiment into their food.
By Yap Wan Xiang — 27 Sep 2024, 06:21 PM
A nutritionist has raised concerns about the potential presence of bacteria colonies in soy sauce bottles at restaurants, warning that consuming contaminated condiments could lead to food poisoning
In a Facebook post earlier this month, nutritionist Siin Lin Guan Liang urged the public to inspect soy sauce bottles at restaurants before using them.
He claimed they are common breeding grounds for bacteria colonies or mould.
"These white spots in the bottle are all bacteria colonies.
"As the name suggests, it is a 'tribe of bacteria'. It may be bacteria or mould. There are countless bacteria in each of the small white dots. Can you count how many white dots there are in the bottle?" he wrote.
Lin explained that while many people often blame the food they were served for causing diarrhoea, condiment bottles could also be a potential source of health hazards.
His public service announcement went viral, garnering over 1,100 likes and 770 shares.
In an updated post last week, Lin clarified that his earlier advice was not intended to scare people into avoiding condiments at restaurants altogether
Instead, it was a precautionary measure everyone could take to avoid risk of food poisoning.
Drawing an example from his recent dining experience, Lin described seeing some kind of tiny dots in a soy sauce bottle. Upon closer inspection, he realised they were just salt crystals with a distinct cubic shape.
"We can clearly see that these particles are angular, not round. This is salt.
"At the same time, I also noticed that there are no round colonies in the bottle, so you can rest assured about this kind of soy sauce bottle," he said.
