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    A large amount of plasticizer was detected in Yijiang powder from mainland China

    • Last Update: 2011-06-24
    • Source: Internet
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    Taiwan's health authorities said on the evening of June 24 that the imported ginger powder from a company in Shaanxi contained 1.5kg plasticizer per 50kg, and Taiwan's health authorities said that the amount of DiBP of a ginger powder plasticizer exported from China to Taiwan was up to 33100ppm This result is equal to 1.5 kg of plasticizer per 50 kg of problem ginger powder This is the first time that plasticizers have been detected in imported food in Taiwan Taiwan's health authorities have decided that all plant extracted powder and juice products in the mainland must be inspected from now on before they can be imported to Taiwan And some food experts say that if there is such a high plastic content in food, it is likely to involve artificial addition Wen / reporter he yingsi and Liu Jun made 80000 capsules with plastic ginger powder Taiwan health authorities reported that they found that the ginger powder exported to Taiwan by China's Hebo Natural Products Co., Ltd in June contained plasticizer DiBP 33100ppm In order to investigate whether other products of Hebo Natural Products Co., Ltd are also polluted, 10 batches of products exported by the company were sampled from Taiwan, among which only soybean extraction powder and olive leaf extraction powder contain DiBP 41 ppm, DiBP 768 ppm and DBP 441ppm respectively It is understood that the ginger powder in question was imported by Huiyang company from Hebo Natural Products Co., Ltd with an import volume of 50 kg So far, about 10.4 kg has been sold, respectively, to caimou, Xinbei City, for trial production (not yet sold) and Taichung City Dajian company It is reported that Dajian company has made more than 80000 "solid wing" capsules with this batch of ginger powder Taiwan's health authorities said the products and the remaining ginger powder from Hebo Natural Products Co., Ltd had been sealed In addition, the olive leaf extraction powder and soybean extraction powder imported by Hexin from Hebo Natural Products Co., Ltd have not been sold and have also been sealed It is reported that Taiwan has informed the mainland of the news Taiwan's health authorities also further inspected four similar products of other companies exported from mainland China, and did not screen out plasticizers However, Taiwan's health authorities decided that from the 14th, all products of Hebo Natural Products Co., Ltd should be attached with the official inspection certificate of mainland China to prove that they are not contaminated by plasticizer before customs declaration; in addition, all plant extract powder and juice products in mainland China should be inspected by Taiwan's health authorities to meet the requirements before they can be imported The company involved is fully cooperating with the investigation reporter to learn that Hebo natural products is located in Shaanxi, and is a joint-stock enterprise specializing in the research, development, production and sales of plant extracts The product system includes olive leaf extract, soybean extract and other standard plant extracts "We are not particularly clear about this matter, and are fully cooperating with the work of the government," Wang, head of the Administration Department of hobo, told the newspaper yesterday about Taiwan's briefing Jiang powder is generally used to treat stomach diseases when it is used in medicine, and when it is used in food, it is often seasoned when it is stir fried, said a pharmaceutical industry official A large number of "containing plastics" may be artificially added yesterday, Chen Yongquan, chairman of Guangdong food additive professional committee, said in an exclusive interview with this newspaper that ginger powder is generally made by drying or drying ginger, grinding and sieving without adding other substances If such a large amount of plasticizer is detected in ginger powder, it may be artificially added Chen Yongquan said he was also puzzled about the role of plasticizer in ginger powder "Ginger powder is generally processed in the form of powder and does not need to be emulsified," he said If ginger powder is used to make capsules, it may be because the stomach and intestines of the human body are also water environment Adding emulsifier can make the powder more evenly combine with the gastric juice As for the soybean and olive leaf extracts, they are generally used for functional food or health care products, and these foods are generally oral liquid, which need water Adding emulsifier can play a role of uniform extract and water The reporter learned that the "cloud raising agent" mentioned at the beginning of the plasticizer storm was a compound food additive composed of emulsifier, palm oil and other food additives The illegally added plasticizer was used to replace palm oil, which polluted downstream food, beverage and other products Several "unified" drinks were added to the plasticizer blacklist (reporter he yingsi and Liu Jun) yesterday, AQSIQ updated the list of enterprises and related products polluted by plasticizer published in Taiwan, "plastic related" products updated to 982, 16 products added to the list In terms of juice drinks, the company added the unified guava juice (960ml), the unified kumquat lemon juice (960ml), the unified kumquat lemon juice (490ml) and the unified sugarcane juice (490ml) manufactured by the company In this update, the product in the form of capsule ingot powder is involved For example, Five color phytoalexin (capsule) of Baitai Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; Ti minkang-a-02 element of Baoqiao Co., Ltd.; xylooligosaccharide probiotics, xylooligosaccharide probiotics, calcium rich and satisfactory produced by MILLITE Biotechnology Co., Ltd entrusted by Shihua Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; lactic acid VIII produced by yinrong Industry Co., Ltd entrusted by yinrong biotechnology food Co., Ltd Probiotic ingot, vitamin C + e ingot, left-handed C + collagen ingot, natural vegetarian grape amine + calcium (drink) manufactured by eugenics Biotechnology Co., Ltd.; comprehensive fruit ingot of Yinong biotechnology food Co., Ltd.; pineapple juice powder-n of Jiachuan Industrial Co., Ltd.
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