Local FDA sees rise in food quality
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FOOD quality in Shanghai has improved over recent years based on annual spot check data, according to the city’s food safety watchdog
According to the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, 98.5 percent of 198,000 food samples met the nation’s standards in random quality checks last year, up 0.3 percentage points from 2015. Meanwhile, just 0.75 of samples were found to have problems, down 0.15 percentage points from 2015.
“Unqualified” food samples included those with excessive harmful microbes, pesticide and veterinary drug residues, additives, heavy metals, non-edible substances, hormones and antibiotics.
Most locally-produced farm products were rated as safe, but a few found in food markets contained residues of banned pesticides, such as dicofol in tea leaves. And some foods served in restaurants contained excessive amounts of heavy metals and non-edible substances.
Coliforms and mildew were found in samples of cooked meats, bean products, seasonings, salads, pastries and tableware. Excessive additives, including preservatives, were detected in many pickled vegetables and cooked meats.
Aquatic products containing residues of fishery drugs and hot pot soup bases with non-edible substances failed the checks too.
There were also non-food products that didn’t meet quality standards, including wrapping papers with fluorescer, stainless steel products with excessive lead, tableware detergents with high microbial content, as well as some glassware with low heat resistance and plastics with low oxygen permeability.
Imported foods with animal and vegetable content banned in China, excessive additives, or incorrect Chinese labels were deemed unsafe as well.
No serious food safety incidents were reported last year, when seven mass food poisoning cases involving 229 people were recorded, but none of them involved fatalities. All consultations, complaints and reports relevant to food safety received timely responses and the authority welcomes more information and feedbacks from the public, said Shanghai FDA.
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