More Taiwan items on banned list
By Lu Feiran |
June 6, 2011, Monday
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the Chinese mainland yesterday added 66 more products from Taiwan to its list of banned items, pushing up the total to 924.
The banned products, involving 276 companies, are suspected of being contaminated with DEHP, an illegal additive. The products include fruit juice, sport drinks, tea drinks, jam and jelly, and food additives, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.
Food imported from Taiwan must hold a DEHP-free certificate before it is allowed into the mainland, the quality watchdog said.
Meanwhile, some popular eating places in Taiwan, including the Tasty Steak chain of restaurants and the Kaohsiung Grand Hotel, have been caught up in the scandal after they were reported to be selling fruit juice produced by companies which had used DEHP, Xinhua news agency reported.
Tasty Steak said its five Shanghai branches were not affected, as all their beverage material was from the Chinese mainland. "We don't import material or products from Taiwan," said Wang Jiaqing, deputy general manager of the chain's East China branch.
DEHP was being used illegally by producers to replace more expensive palm oil as a thickener, or clouding agent, usually in fruit jelly, yogurt mix powder, juices, sports drinks and other beverages. The Yu Shen Spice Co Ltd, Taiwan's biggest food additive manufacturer, was the first of many companies on the island found to be using DEHP illegally.
Bakeries have also become involved in the food safety scare. Lai Chunchieh, director of the Yu Shen company, who is under arrest, said that in addition to beverage companies, some jam manufacturers and bakeries were also his clients, according to Xinhua.
He said his company also used DEHP in other spices and food additives, which were sold to at least seven food companies in Taiwan.
Lai said bakeries would add clouding agent to flour to give cakes and bread a softer texture and to improve their appearance.
Tainted jam may also have been used in bakery products, Xinhua reported.
Earlier, Shanghai authorities began recalling possible DEHP-tainted food and drink.
Shanghai Food and Drug Administration officials has seized a large quantity of fruit and vegetable juice from Taiwan suspected of containing the cancer-causing additive.
More than 201 barrels of Taiwan Dahu Strawberry Farm fruit juice products and 28 bottles of Possmei Litchi juice were removed from two trading companies and 19 eateries in the city after tip-offs.
The banned products, involving 276 companies, are suspected of being contaminated with DEHP, an illegal additive. The products include fruit juice, sport drinks, tea drinks, jam and jelly, and food additives, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.
Food imported from Taiwan must hold a DEHP-free certificate before it is allowed into the mainland, the quality watchdog said.
Meanwhile, some popular eating places in Taiwan, including the Tasty Steak chain of restaurants and the Kaohsiung Grand Hotel, have been caught up in the scandal after they were reported to be selling fruit juice produced by companies which had used DEHP, Xinhua news agency reported.
Tasty Steak said its five Shanghai branches were not affected, as all their beverage material was from the Chinese mainland. "We don't import material or products from Taiwan," said Wang Jiaqing, deputy general manager of the chain's East China branch.
DEHP was being used illegally by producers to replace more expensive palm oil as a thickener, or clouding agent, usually in fruit jelly, yogurt mix powder, juices, sports drinks and other beverages. The Yu Shen Spice Co Ltd, Taiwan's biggest food additive manufacturer, was the first of many companies on the island found to be using DEHP illegally.
Bakeries have also become involved in the food safety scare. Lai Chunchieh, director of the Yu Shen company, who is under arrest, said that in addition to beverage companies, some jam manufacturers and bakeries were also his clients, according to Xinhua.
He said his company also used DEHP in other spices and food additives, which were sold to at least seven food companies in Taiwan.
Lai said bakeries would add clouding agent to flour to give cakes and bread a softer texture and to improve their appearance.
Tainted jam may also have been used in bakery products, Xinhua reported.
Earlier, Shanghai authorities began recalling possible DEHP-tainted food and drink.
Shanghai Food and Drug Administration officials has seized a large quantity of fruit and vegetable juice from Taiwan suspected of containing the cancer-causing additive.
More than 201 barrels of Taiwan Dahu Strawberry Farm fruit juice products and 28 bottles of Possmei Litchi juice were removed from two trading companies and 19 eateries in the city after tip-offs.
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