China suspends imports of Taiwan products to 812 products

In order to facilitate the public understanding of plasticizer products, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine announced yesterday the latest list of companies and products affected by plasticizer contamination in Taiwan. The number has increased from 22 on the previous day to 812, involving 245 companies. All products in question will be suspended from import.

At the same time, the State Food and Drug Administration also issued an emergency notice requesting the suspension of the production and sale of the Concorde ganoderma lucidum spore powder containing phthalates and the Mido Qingsu brand of various amino acid tablets.

A variety of baby products are implicated

In this list of AQSIQ, there are sports drinks, fruit juice drinks, tea drinks, jams, fruit pulp, or jellies. It is noteworthy that capsule-shaped powdered foods are the most contaminated species, with many infants and young children , children's products are also implicated, such as Karrotani children's nutrients, Jin Shi Er Bao fruit Mi Jing, Malaysian food supplement Yi International Co., Ltd.'s super children growing calcium tablets and super children's multivitamin, Prince Pharmaceutical shares Co., Ltd.'s children grow calcium tablets and add vitamin C. D3 and manganese, Xingli children's comprehensive vitamin chew and so on.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine also said yesterday that it will monitor the risks of plasticizers in relevant food and food additives throughout the country and focus on checking whether or not there are purchases or use of phthalates, and whether or not there are companies using Taiwanese issues. "And so on. Where it is found that phthalate esters in foods and food additives are immediately sealed up, the cause of the problem is found out, and the source of raw material purchases and sales of the products are found, and it is found that illegal additions are immediately transferred to the judicial authorities for severe punishment.

Two health products were recalled

The two health food products that were required to be immediately discontinued by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday were Concorde Ganoderma Spore Powder (Guo Shi Jian Zi G20070306) and Mei Zhong Qing Su Branded Various Amino Acid Tablets (Guo Shi Jian Zi G20100217). The Food and Drug Administration also requires that any health food product containing phthalates in the formulation, the related health food production enterprises should immediately suspend production, immediately recall the products being sold on the market, and promptly report to the local food and drug supervision and management department.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health had issued an announcement to include phthalates of plasticizers as banned foods on the blacklist.

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Plasticizer testing costs at least 1,000 yuan

The reporter yesterday called a number of testing units in Beijing. Some agencies indicated that they could test the content of plasticizers in foods, but the cost of testing one sample was at least over a thousand yuan.

Liu Qingyun, deputy dean of the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, told reporters that the current method of detecting the content of plasticizers in food is not difficult. The country had a recommendation standard in 2008, and it can produce results in two to three days under normal circumstances. .

It is understood that an analysis and testing center in Beijing has been testing the beverages and instant noodles products on the market after the plasticizer incident in Taiwan. The results of the test of sports drinks show that no problems have been found for the time being, and instant noodles have not produced results.

Ordinary people can also detect plasticizers. The staff of the National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center told the reporter that under normal circumstances, the inspection fee is 2,100 yuan, and a sample should be prepared with 4 bottles of the same type of product. The result will be about 2 weeks. If the need arises, the inspection fee will rise to 3,100 yuan. You can take result in one week.

The inspection price of the National Food Quality and Safety Supervision and Inspection Center located in Haidian District is: The general situation is 1,000 yuan, the testing time is 7-10 working days, the expedited testing price is 1500 yuan, and the results of the five working sunrises can be 16 plasticizers tested.

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There are various causes of precocious puberty in children

According to public information, plasticizers are called “environmental hormones” and long-term consumption may cause precocious puberty and abnormal reproductive system. Any of the clinical genetics centers of the Beijing Military Region General Hospital, said that any plastic additives is an emerging illegal additive, and it has not been systematically studied yet, and it is impossible to specify the specific hazards of plasticizers.

He Yuyu said that at present, there is no large-scale epidemiological investigation of precocious puberty in children in China. Many of the data are directly quoted from foreign surveys. In the international community, the causes of precocious puberty in children are also unclear. They are often caused by a combination of factors, including ethnic and genetic factors, social environment, cultural and educational stimuli, children’s nutritional status, and the public’s concerns about air pollution, cosmetics, etc. Contact with skin items, and food may contain natural or synthetic estrogen and other reasons.

In the literature that can be found, in Europe, from 1840 to 1980, the menarche of women was advanced from 17 to 13 years old, and the time for boys to have nocturnal emission was significantly advanced. This shows that with the advancement of humankind and the change of the environment, the time of sexual development of boys and girls is ahead of schedule. Reporter Wei Mingyan

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Food oil plasticizer content included in monitoring

At present, the mainland has not found any illegal additions. Experts recommend eating plastic packaged foods.

Yesterday, Liu Zhaoping, a researcher at the Nutritional Food Institute of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that plasticizers have been included in risk monitoring this year. The main test is whether household food oils contain plasticizers.

Since the poison drink incident in Taiwan, what the public is most concerned about is whether the mainland has "poisoned" by enterprises. Yesterday, during the communication meeting of the Ministry of Health, Liu Zhaoping said that at least we have not found (non-Taiwan imported foods are illegally added plasticizers). This incident was mainly caused by the use of a clouding agent containing plasticizers. It is generally impossible for other products to be illegally added.

Liu Zhaoping said that China has a risk monitoring program that routinely monitors some key products and key chemical pollutants. “Once these problems are discovered, we will initiate early warning and risk warnings under the leadership of the administrative department.”

He said that the CDC has included plasticizers in the risk monitoring this year, mainly to detect whether the current family's edible oil contains plasticizers. "The oil is in plastic drums. We would like to know about it." What is the dissolution rate? If the plastic is produced by a regular manufacturer in accordance with normal standards, the content should be in trace amounts."

Liu Zhaoping said that our purpose is also to monitor or find out if there is a problem or even play a pre-warning role. "According to regulations, this bucket should not contain plasticizers."

Wu Xueyu, a professor of endocrinology at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, called for eating as little as one-time or plastic-packed foods, and storing food at home as much as possible using porcelain or traditional containers to avoid risks.

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Plasticizers in daily life

In daily life around us, plasticizers are widespread. Plasticizers, children's plastic toys, perfumes, nail varnishes, cosmetics, etc. may all contain plasticizers, but experts say that these tiny amounts of plasticizers are not enough to cause Too much effect.

Li Shuguang, director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene at Fudan University’s School of Public Health, spent 16 years researching plasticizers. Yesterday he asked questions for reporters.

Putting hot buns, steamed buns, corn cobs, and snacks into plastic bags, wiping up perfumes, applying nail lacquer, and styling water can all have a chance to meet with plasticizers, even in the air and in the water. Agents.

"Everyday in life will encounter, can not be avoided." Li Shuguang said that there are currently more than 20 kinds of plasticizers, of which the most commonly used three kinds of DEHP, DVP and DOP. The DEHP found in Taiwan is the most commonly used, accounting for 86% of the global plastic plasticizer consumption. It is mostly used for plastic products, toys, rubber tubes, etc., and can increase flexibility.

Li Shuguang pointed out that the plasticizer incident in Taiwan is artificially added directly to food additives, with a relatively high dose and high toxicity. What he studied was mainly the migration amount of plasticizers in plastic packaging. From the current point of view, the amount of plasticizers that migrated from plastic packaging is very small. Because the body has metabolic functions, it can follow within 24-48 hours. Urine or feces is excreted, so that the tiny amount is not enough to bring harm.

Li Shuguang said that taking DEHP as an example, it does affect the reproductive system and organs of mice in animal experiments. However, the impact on the human body has been under observation and requires a large number of samples. At present, there is no clear result.