Just read about the recent food scare from Taiwan regarding the use of DEHP (a chemical plasticizer and potential carcinogen) as stabilizer in drinks and juice syrups. Some of these products may have been exported and used in bubble tea shops in Hong Kong.
Does anyone have any more info about this? I often frequent Cha Time and Gong Cha and order their passion fruit green tea. Am wondering if these two establishments have been affected by this and if I should be worrying.
I checked Hong Kong Food Safety website and there was a recall on the sports drinks from Taiwan but no mention of the fruit syrups used by the local bubble tea shops.