Mainland firm denies link to tainted oil in HK
By Leeann Li |
00:00 UTC+8 December 20, 2012
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BEIDAHUANG, one of China's major agricultural groups, denied yesterday any connection with an edible oil supplier in Hong Kong of the same name, which was found to sale tainted peanut oil, according to media reports.
The Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on Tuesday announced initial test results of 39 samples taken from the Hong Kong cooking oil supplier and 13 restaurants accused of having no license or having sold substandard oil.
The results showed high levels of Benzoapyrene (BaP) was detected in four samples. BaP can cause cancer in humans, according to the department's website.
Two peanut oil samples, under the brand of Jindi, taken from the Hong Kong Beidahuang company contained 16 and 17 micrograms of BaP per kilogram, exceeding the legal limit on Chinese mainland of 10mcg/kg and the European Union limit of 2mcg/kg.
Hong Kong has requested the Hong Kong Beidahuang cooking oil supplier to stop selling and recall the affected product. Further tests were to be conducted.
The authority said it couldn't identify whether it was made from swill oil.
The deputy chairman of the Hong Kong Beidahuang blamed Jindi, saying the company just packed the products for Jindi instead of importing or selling them, according to news portal, Sina.com.
He added that the company only packed 200 kilograms of Jindi peanut oil in the past two years, the website reported.
Hong Kong's FEHD said prosecutions will be initiated if there is sufficient evidence of anyone violating the law.
Hong Kong media reported earlier that the Hong Kong Beidahuang, founded in May 2010, was a subsidiary of mainland Beidahuang.
But the mainland's Beidahuang Agriculture Co Ltd, which entered Shanghai stock market in 2002, insisted it was not involved. However, the group's stock price was still affected. It dropped from 8.06 yuan to 7.88 yuan yesterday.
The Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on Tuesday announced initial test results of 39 samples taken from the Hong Kong cooking oil supplier and 13 restaurants accused of having no license or having sold substandard oil.
The results showed high levels of Benzoapyrene (BaP) was detected in four samples. BaP can cause cancer in humans, according to the department's website.
Two peanut oil samples, under the brand of Jindi, taken from the Hong Kong Beidahuang company contained 16 and 17 micrograms of BaP per kilogram, exceeding the legal limit on Chinese mainland of 10mcg/kg and the European Union limit of 2mcg/kg.
Hong Kong has requested the Hong Kong Beidahuang cooking oil supplier to stop selling and recall the affected product. Further tests were to be conducted.
The authority said it couldn't identify whether it was made from swill oil.
The deputy chairman of the Hong Kong Beidahuang blamed Jindi, saying the company just packed the products for Jindi instead of importing or selling them, according to news portal, Sina.com.
He added that the company only packed 200 kilograms of Jindi peanut oil in the past two years, the website reported.
Hong Kong's FEHD said prosecutions will be initiated if there is sufficient evidence of anyone violating the law.
Hong Kong media reported earlier that the Hong Kong Beidahuang, founded in May 2010, was a subsidiary of mainland Beidahuang.
But the mainland's Beidahuang Agriculture Co Ltd, which entered Shanghai stock market in 2002, insisted it was not involved. However, the group's stock price was still affected. It dropped from 8.06 yuan to 7.88 yuan yesterday.
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