Upul Rohana, President of the Association of Public Health Inspectors, says that triphoshas sent to health offices are being collected back due to an alleged poisonouse element contamination . This was to be distribute to children, mothers and expectant mothers.
He says that it is due to the high content of the chemical called aflatoxin in those tripos.
According to the standard, this chemical level should be one part per million in the food of children under 1 year of age, five parts per million in the food of children under five years of age, and 30 parts per million in the food of mothers.
But he reveals that the amount of aflatoxin contained in this tripho stock has exceeded those standards.
According to him, ingestion of this chemical can cause liver cancer, liver damage and stunted growth of children.
The Chairman of the Public Health Inspectors Association further states that some politician or government official is acting irresponsibly in connection with the process of distribution of poisonous triphoda to children and mothers in this way and that the law should be implemented against those authorities as soon as possible.
