2005 Indonesia food scare

{{short description|Food contamination event in Indonesia}}

The 2005 Indonesia food scare was a food scare in 2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia, when the government found that 60% of noodle shops in the capital had been serving noodles laced with formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. Police raids were immediately launched to shut down the large suppliers to spread awareness of the consequences faced by formaldehyde offenders that included large fines and a maximum 15-year jail term, if found guilty.{{Cite web |last=Ador |first=Nadya Joy |date=2016-11-14 |title=A History of Food Scare Scandals in Indonesia |url=https://indonesiaexpat.id/featured/history-food-scare-scandals-indonesia/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=en-GB}} Noodles in the 2007 Vietnam food scare also had the same contaminant, and the chemical preservative had also definitely been found on tofu, noodles, and salted fish. Thailand{{cite news|url=http://asiarecipe.com/thaivegg.html|title=The truth about your veggies|last=Sukrung|first=Karnjariya|work=Bangkok Post| accessdate= 2 January 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090123164057/http://asiarecipe.com/thaivegg.html| archivedate= 23 January 2009| url-status= live}} has similar formaldehyde problems. Rumors spread that it was used on chicken as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Formaldehyde-food-scare-in-Indonesia/2006/01/09/1136771495164.html|title=Formaldehyde food scare in Indonesia|date=January 9, 2006|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore| accessdate= 2 January 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081120091407/http://www.pss.org.sg/main/content/view/94/2/| archivedate= 20 November 2008| url-status= live}}