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2010 Food Safety Incident 1: Dairy products to be fully tested for melamine

The website of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) recently published the full text of the "Rules for Examining the Conditions of License for Enterprises Producing Dairy Products (2010 Edition)" (draft), and sought comments from all sectors of the society. The rules provide that the procurement system should ensure that the purchased raw milk and raw milk powder and its processed products batch by batch melamine test.

According to the rules, dairy products include liquid milk (pasteurized milk, sterilized milk, prepared milk, fermented milk); milk powder (whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, partially skimmed milk powder, prepared milk powder, colostrum powder); and other dairy products (condensed milk, cream, cheese, etc.).

2010 Food Safety Event 2: "Iron-Fortified Soy Sauce" Promotional Controversy

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On October 21st, the Office of Food Fortification of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in Beijing that our country and the Global Alliance for Nutrition Improvement (GAIN) *** with the development of

However, as soon as the news came out, a skeptical related news began to circulate widely on the Internet. Some experts questioned the iron supplement ingredient "sodium iron EDTA" in soy sauce, which may lead to a lack of calcium, iron, zinc and other substances in the body. "It affects the absorption of zinc, and children do not grow after eating it." The expert also said that some studies have said that the higher the iron content in human blood, the higher the likelihood of cancer, should be adjusted through the diet to achieve the purpose of iron supplementation.

This expert's view has received widespread attention, and related articles have been reprinted by the media, and many people have criticized iron-fortified soy sauce, saying that "products with cancer risk should not be marketed" and that "you can't force people who are not sick to eat iron-fortified soy sauce". ...... With government departments advocating on the one hand and nutrition experts openly questioning on the other, iron-fortified soy sauce has become a hot topic for a while.

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2010 food safety events: Nanjing crayfish to myolysis events

July and August this year Since, Nanjing medical institutions have been admitted to the suspected consumption of crayfish to rhabdomyolysis syndrome patients, as of 12:00 on September 7, 2010, Nanjing **** admitted 23 cases of rhabdomyolysis syndrome related to the consumption of crayfish.

The results of the incident: the afternoon of September 7, Nanjing held a press conference on the crayfish suspected of causing rhabdomyolysis syndrome event to the media. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention experts analyzed the suspected cases of crayfish disease is associated with the consumption of crayfish in a very small number of individuals with transient rhabdomyolysis syndrome, belonging to the Haff (Haff) disease, related to the consumption of crayfish.

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2010 food safety events four: the Ministry of Health intends to prohibit the use of flour whiteners

December 15, the Ministry of Health Supervision Bureau website on the whether or not to prohibit the use of flour whiteners --- Benzoyl peroxide and peroxynitrite. -benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide for public comment. At the same time, the proposed ban on flour whiteners from December next year. Once the news was announced, it aroused concern from all sides of society.

According to the draft announcement for comment, since December 1, 2011, prohibit the use of benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide in the production of flour. Previously used in accordance with the relevant standards of benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide flour and its products, can be sold to the end of the shelf life of the product. The information note explains: in order to minimize the impact of the withdrawal of benzoyl peroxide on the industry, the policy will be adjusted to set the implementation time of about 1 year, mainly taking into account the situation of flour production, sales and import cycle.

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Ministry of Health to demonstrate the discontinuation of flour whiteners

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2010 Food Safety Incident V: Mushroom Bleaching Incident

Recently, Beijing elementary school student Zhang Hao investigated the discovery of the "mushrooms were bleached! After the Beijing Food Safety Office released the market sampling results of "97.73% pass rate of edible mushrooms", the China Edible Mushroom Association (CEMA) said in the media on the 4th that it "doesn't believe in the results of the experiment by the elementary school student". On the contrary, in a website launched a vote, more than 1100 votes to choose "believe the students", only 8 votes to "believe the Commerce and Industry Bureau".

Response:

Beijing Food Office: Mushroom surface fluorescent whitening substances from packaging pollution

Beijing Food Safety Office announced on the 1st of the recent market in Beijing mushroom products fluorescent whitening substances of special monitoring results, 3 samples of the surface of the fluorescent whitening substances detected, sampling qualification rate of 97.73%. According to expert analysis, mushroom surface fluorescent whitening substances from packaging pollution.

Industry and Quality Inspection Department: I should not manage

A catty of mushrooms thrown into the basin, the dishwashing water quickly turned pure white. Combined with the current reports around the "fluorescent whitening agent rinsing mushrooms", living in Shapingba housewife Liu Xianping hope that some departments can come forward to test, to give the public a reassuring answer. But the reporter contacted four departments yesterday, no one unit can manage this.