General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine: Baizi Mineral Mud Detects Excessive Bacteria and Excessive Arsenic

Valentine's Day is approaching and chocolate sales are entering the season. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine yesterday revealed 234 batches of imported foods and cosmetics. Three of the 10 imported chocolates contained excessive levels of copper. The two imported chocolates were suspected of illegal use of chemicals and vitamins.

It is understood that these problems had entered China through Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai Customs in December 2011. Among them, "Rausch" brand imported from Germany 75%, 80% cocoa dark chocolate, 4 "Zote" brand chocolates imported from Austria, and 4 "Imagic" brand cocoa dark chocolates imported from Italy were detected Copper exceeds the mark.

In addition, Vanent Vance Truffle Chocolate (strawberry flavor) imported from France was found to be in violation of the use of chemical substances such as calcium sulphate, and multidimensional milk chocolate chips from Israel were found to be in violation of chemical vitamins and minerals. At present, these problems have been returned or destroyed according to law and have not been sold in the domestic market.

In response to the chocolate brands on the list of issues, the reporter visited the Jiuguang Department Store Fresh Food Supermarket, which has a lot of imported food. In the area of ​​imported products, although there are many foreign chocolate brands, there are no five chocolate brands on the blacklist. According to Supermarket clerk, the supermarket has a lot of chocolates, but the best-selling brands are Defis and Meiji. Before that, they never sold the products on the list.

However, chocolate brands suspected of exceeding the standards of copper are still selling. Reporters saw on the Amazon.com that 80% of the Rausch brand of cocoa chocolate is still on the shelf. The customer service staff said that if there are any problems with the product, it must be checked with the AQSIQ. Taobao has a number of online stores selling Rausch brand 80% cocoa dark chocolate. A shop owner told reporters that the chocolate in the store had a health certificate and was not in the same batch as the product in question.

The reporter then visited a food hygiene expert and learned that chocolate production, production, packaging, and transportation are all subject to copper contamination. It may be that the soil in which raw cocoa beans are grown is contaminated by heavy metals, or it may be copper molds that are in contact during processing or the copper content in the packaging is too high, resulting in chocolate copper exceeding the standard.

Too much copper can enter the body and cause poisoning such as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and tubular deformation, which can lead to acute copper poisoning and intrahepatic cholestasis in children.

â—ŽRelated news Baizi mineral mud bacteria, arsenic exceeded the standard In addition to copper chocolate, in the list of issues published by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the unified company's "unity of dry rice noodles" and other 10 kinds of convenience food because the label is not Qualified was returned.

For infants and young children, two Xibao baby nutrition rice noodles imported from Croatia by Proper Biotechnology Co., Ltd. of Guangzhou City were destroyed due to the illegal use of chemical vitamin K1. Shanghai Yitian Import & Export Co., Ltd. imported three types of cereal rice noodles for infants and young children from Switzerland, and was destroyed because calcium content did not meet the requirements of national standards.

In terms of cosmetics, the “Baizi” mineral mud imported by Shanghai Sibuli Industrial Co., Ltd. was found to have exceeded the standard of bacteria and arsenic exceeded the standard. The Helena Leopard Eyeliner of L'Oreal (China) Co., Ltd. was destroyed due to discrepancies between the goods.

The staff of the marketing department of Stanley’s company told reporters whether the “Baizi” products sold in the market exceeded the standard and “inconvenient to answer”.