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The Hong Kong Consumer Council tested 60 pre-packaged biscuits, and all of them were found to contain cancer-causing substances and many had misleading nutrition labels, too.

The biscuits contained the genotoxic carcinogens glycidol or acrylamide or both, which are contaminants produced during processing. These cancer-causing contaminants often emerge when processing certain ingredients, such as palm oil, at high temperatures.