[Life] Border Interception: Japanese Infant Rice Crackers Detected with Excessive Heavy Metals
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the latest list of non-compliant imported goods today (11th). Infant rice crackers from the Japanese brand "Sakata Beika" were found to have excessive heavy metal cadmium and were all intercepted at the border. In addition, paper food containers from China have once again failed inspection, with multiple batches of paper plates and cup lids imported from China found to contain fluorescent whitening agents, all of which were returned or destroyed. #Reported by Radio Taiwan International (RTI) reporter Liu Pin-hsi#
The FDA announced the latest list of non-compliant imported goods on the 11th. Infant rice cracker products from the well-known Japanese brand "Sakata Beika" were found to have excessive heavy metal cadmium. The entire batch of 1.68 kg of products was returned or destroyed. The FDA has also adjusted the import company, "Yumao Wu Enterprise Co., Ltd.", to enhanced random inspections at the border, with an inspection rate increased to 20% to 50%. Liu Fang-ming, director of the FDA's Northern Regional Management Center, said: "(Original sound) This time, one batch of Japanese infant rice crackers reported by the importer 'Yumao Wu Enterprise Co., Ltd.' was found to contain 0.067 mg/kg of heavy metal cadmium. According to the 'Hygienic Standards for Contaminants and Toxins in Food,' the limit for cadmium in cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children is 0.040 mg/kg. This batch of Japanese infant rice crackers must be returned or destroyed."
In addition, another batch of Vietnamese white rice imported by "Natural Rice Enterprise Co., Ltd." was found to contain the pesticide residue flupyradifurone at 0.02 ppm. According to the 'Standards for Pesticide Residue Limits,' flupyradifurone is not allowed to be detected. The entire batch of 105 metric tons of products was also returned or destroyed.
On the other hand, paper food containers from China have again been found to be non-compliant, with cup lids and paper plates containing fluorescent whitening agents. According to the 'Hygienic Standards for Food Utensils, Containers, and Packaging,' fluorescent whitening agents are not allowed to be detected. Another batch of paper plates failed the dissolution test. Additionally, two batches of Chinese cutting boards reported by different importers failed the evaporation residue test in their dissolution tests. All related products were intercepted at the border. The FDA has also adjusted two of the importing companies, "Dengfeng Hotel Co., Ltd." and "Bao Xing Marketing Consulting Co., Ltd.", to batch-by-batch inspections at the border, with an inspection rate of 100%. (Editor: Shen Zhen-jiang)
Source link: https://www.rti.org.tw/news?uid=3&pid=225471
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