Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) Around 15 percent of Chinese New Year specialities tested recently by the Consumers' Foundation were found to contain excessive levels of germicides and preservatives, the foundation said Monday.

With less than a week to go before the first day of the Year of the Tiger Sunday and consumers shopping feverishly for popular holiday foods, the foundation tested 38 randomly selected samples of rice, noodle, bean and processed products for germicides and preservatives.

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