Pearl milk tea, taro balls, crates, meatballs, chicken ...... these Taiwanese cuisine has long been considered a classic, but also the Taiwanese people's favorite everyday, now because of the outbreak of toxic starch, so we talk about the discoloration. Continue plasticizer storm then, no one would have thought that once again blew the island food safety issues will be - toxic starch.
March and April of this year, Taiwan's Chiayi County Bureau of Investigation received a report that found in food 'poison starch' maleic acid, all over Taiwan Health Department inspectors started immediately chase narcotics starch, found mixed with maleic suspect acid starch product that is seized archived. Subsequently, starch events continue to spread poison(http://www.best-news.us/). only the 25th day, the storage volume jumped nearly 120 tons, 206 tons incident so far a total of sequestration. inspectors said that 50 kg of maleic acid can modulation of 6000 kg modified starch production is quite large, a lot of food in Taiwan fear have been 'occupied.'
Snowball snowballing
14, Taiwan county and city health bureau launched a comprehensive inspection, sampling hypermarkets, supermarkets, as of the 15th day of 7307 to determine the shelf containing toxic starch products( News http://www.best-news.us/). Meanwhile, Taiwan, 'Health Department' is also fiddling chase narcotics starch source. Taiwan Food and Drug Administration departments Kang Zhaozhou said that the current testing market through the Health Bureau raw material powder and inventory from upstream to downstream of the way, double-sided clip antivirus starch circulation, hoping the starch vendors as soon as possible, the small-cap to rapidly check out products fully recovered after the end of the job.
Snowball snowball, according to Taiwan media reports, currently involved in the manufacture of maleic acid starch factories totaling eight, a total of 16 vendors starch. Inspectors described as 'like meat as there is a large hanging.'
Maleic acid, also known as 'maleic acid', belonging to other chemical binder resin material, generally used for coating the insulating material or as raw materials to produce pesticides, toxic raw materials for industrial use, add starch for human consumption is poison starch price and qualified poison starch starch differ 4-6 times, so it is added to the food industry black heart, sent to the people on the table.
However, according to the EU's assessment of adults per body weight of maleic acid can be tolerated dose per day (TDI) of 0.5 mg / kg, if it is a 60 kg adult, per day up to a maximum tolerable dose 30 mg of maleic acid in direct contact with people will destroy the mucosal tissues of human organs and would be damaging to the kidneys.
Night market stalls 'occupied'
22, Changhua District Prosecutors Office in conjunction with the Health Department personnel to the plate Yuanlin a supplier audit, found industry began last year bought drugs from the upstream vendors starch, potato powder and produce a variety of powder, sold downstream snack industry, which has an exclusive formula known as chicken fried flour, was tested to contain high concentrations of maleic acid. Changhua Health Bureau worry, the wholesalers deployment toxic starch, I am afraid that the flow downstream of the night market, snack stalls.
Taiwan and trap 'poisonous food' panic, even more than before plasticizer storm. Taiwan 'dialysis Kingdom' title, after the outbreak of toxic starch, some nephrologists and toxicology expert said: 'finally found the culprit kidney injury. 'Shin Kong Hospital nephrology physician Emori Shan said, maleic acid in animal experiments will lead to the dog's tubular injury, causing irreversible damage.
Poison starch invade the daily lives of ordinary people, this time, it seems that no one can say that I am very far away from the black-hearted food. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, said Liang Lin Jie, director of Clinical Toxicology, many people put broad rice noodles, meatballs, etc. as a staple, just eat a bowl, probably exceeded. a chicken rafts, there is usually nearly 200 grams of fried flour, starch toxic if fried in flour, then a 60 kg adult, as long as a year eating 20 chicken, may cause infertility or affect kidney function.
Taiwan poison starch event, but also spread to Hong Kong and Singapore, the Singapore government on the 26th requires importers to recycle 11 kinds of related products imported from Taiwan and some Taiwanese food starch production is also sold in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Centre for Food Safety 25 Japan will closely follow the events, but yet on any food in Taiwan issued a 'food alert.'
'Occupied' What
Poison starch event only triggered panic people food is not reassuring, but also the food and beverage industry have been facing an unprecedented crisis.
Some weekends and holidays on the crowd rolling in the shop, is unusually deserted now have chicken industry in the island to accept media interviews grievances complaining that 'do not know fried chicken powder toxic starch.' There are friends to find a 'Wang 'Wang Dongqing .82-year-old former high school chemistry teacher Wang Dongqing, is considered to be developed in Taiwan, adding starch maleic acid technology .26 day, Wang Dongqing first interview, said maleic acid after oxidation to becomes acidic toxic, but also can be put in the overseas food additives in use for toxic substances made by unscrupulous manufacturers, did not know, is the back of the blame.
Truth, the relevant departments need further investigation, but they are clearly 'at the end' instead of 'the.' Recently, Taiwan's food safety continuous sounded the alarm, in addition to poison starch, soy sauce and drug abuse also found expired raw event . many industry criticized the 'Department of Health Food and Drug Administration' did not remember 'plasticizer' endangering the lessons of the restaurant industry, the food industry regulation is too loose add, lenient penalties, nor to establish rigorous 'flow management' system And the people said, if the 'DH' would only too late, did not learn from their mistakes, poison food panic will abound.
26, 2011, the Taiwan authorities, 'Health Director' Qiu up with a number of toxins, food and public health experts and scholars discussed to develop the mining of NT $ penalties and improving as reward approach and incorporate criminal to deter unscrupulous businesspeople, Taiwan health department and to develop a qualified shop with stickers to help consumers identify. (reporter Li Wei Na)
Source: Best News