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"CRYSTAL BALLS BANNED
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26 Ağu 2011 Cum 05:36
"CRYSTAL BALLS BANNED
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- The supply and sale of seeds growing kits
known as crystal balls and other similar items is prohibited from Friday.
Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ismail Sabri Yaakob
said today that importers, sellers and others defying the ban could be fined
RM100,000 (US$33,539) under the Consumer Protection Act.
He said the government decided on the ban after receiving reports from the
Kuala Lumpur Hospital and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital of several
cases of major surgery (laparotomy) involving children aged one to five who are
believed to have swallowed the "crystal balls."
The colourful seeds growing kit, also known by various other names such as
Jelly Ball, Crystal Jelly, Baby Jelly, Baby Crystal and Crystal Soil, was used
to facilitate the growth of a plant or as a decoration in a pot, he told
reporters here.
Ismail Sabri said that seven surgeries has been performed at the Kuala
Lumpur Hospital involving children who swallowed crystal balls, the latest being
a 12- month-old baby who underwent an operation on Tuesday.
He said that children who swallowed the seed growing kits might experience
symptoms such as vomiting, constipation, bloating of the stomach, abdominal
pains, bowel obstructions and intestinal leakage.
"Looking at the crystal ball, it is easy to understand why children may
think that it can be eaten. The original size of the ball is less than 0.5cm.
When put in water, the jelly rubber ball can expand five to six times its
original size," he said.
The ministry would monitor the situation in the market place and will work
with the Customs Department to ensure that the ban on imported crystal balls was
implemented, Ismail Sabri said.
He said that Poland and Italy banned the crystal balls last year.
-- BERNAMA
OANA_NEWS-GEN
26 Ağu 2011 Cum 05:36
"CRYSTAL BALLS BANNED
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- The supply and sale of seeds growing kits
known as crystal balls and other similar items is prohibited from Friday.
Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ismail Sabri Yaakob
said today that importers, sellers and others defying the ban could be fined
RM100,000 (US$33,539) under the Consumer Protection Act.
He said the government decided on the ban after receiving reports from the
Kuala Lumpur Hospital and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital of several
cases of major surgery (laparotomy) involving children aged one to five who are
believed to have swallowed the "crystal balls."
The colourful seeds growing kit, also known by various other names such as
Jelly Ball, Crystal Jelly, Baby Jelly, Baby Crystal and Crystal Soil, was used
to facilitate the growth of a plant or as a decoration in a pot, he told
reporters here.
Ismail Sabri said that seven surgeries has been performed at the Kuala
Lumpur Hospital involving children who swallowed crystal balls, the latest being
a 12- month-old baby who underwent an operation on Tuesday.
He said that children who swallowed the seed growing kits might experience
symptoms such as vomiting, constipation, bloating of the stomach, abdominal
pains, bowel obstructions and intestinal leakage.
"Looking at the crystal ball, it is easy to understand why children may
think that it can be eaten. The original size of the ball is less than 0.5cm.
When put in water, the jelly rubber ball can expand five to six times its
original size," he said.
The ministry would monitor the situation in the market place and will work
with the Customs Department to ensure that the ban on imported crystal balls was
implemented, Ismail Sabri said.
He said that Poland and Italy banned the crystal balls last year.
-- BERNAMA
