Health preservation is prevalent, and many people regard monascus rice as a sacred product for health care. However, it is not easy to preserve monascus products, and it is easy to grow harmful fungi. If you accidentally eat toxins, it may damage your liver and kidney! Nutritionists remind that even if it is a hygienic monascus product, some patients with chronic diseases should still eat it carefully to avoid interaction with drugs and potential health hazards. Monascus has the health care effects of reducing blood lipid and preventing cardiovascular diseases, and has set off a health care boom in recent years. The picture shows red distiller's grains fermented by monascus. (Photo/taken from Wikipedia website)

The citrinin in land-grown monascus rice exceeded the standard by more than 12 times

The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the test results of mycotoxin in food sold in the second half of last year on the 7th. * * * 24 pieces of peanuts, nuts, dried fruits and rice products were sampled, and it was found that the citrinin in 3 pieces of monascus rice and the aflatoxin in 1 piece of peanut powder did not meet the requirements, and the recovery and destruction have been completed at present.

According to the current "mycotoxin * * * standard in food", the citrinin * * * in raw red rice is below 5 ppm; The aflatoxin * * * in peanuts is below 15 ppb.

The food that failed mycotoxin monitoring this time, including domestic peanut powder sampled from Xiexin Edible Oil Company in Yunlin County, exceeded the standard by 2 times; The content of citrinin in "Red Shell Rice" produced by Taipei Dongquan Co., Ltd., domestic red rice produced by Xinyanxiang Agricultural Processing Cooperative in Pingtung County, and China red rice sold by Dianchengshen Drug Store in Kaohsiung City exceeded the standard by 1.26 to 12.68 times respectively.