The Food and Drug Administration showed that peanut sugar aflatoxin exceeded the standard by 6 times.

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The Food and Drug Administration today announced the "Market Food mycotoxin Monitoring Plan" in April. Two of the 56 products were not up to standard. Yilanyuan Fengxing "red rice", citrinin exceeded the standard by twice as much, and the total aflatoxin in "Li Jia peanut candy" in Kaohsiung was as high as 94.7ppb, which exceeded the standard value of 15ppb. All the same products have been sold, but Xu Jinfeng, deputy director of the North District Management of the Food and Drug Administration, said that the industry is improving the process. Inspected again on the 15th of this month, the products are all qualified.

The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Fuzhou and the county and city health bureaus implemented the "Monitoring Plan for the content of mycotoxins in food sold in the market". In April, a total of 11 peanut products were tested for aflatoxin, 7 for rice, for aflatoxin and ochratoxin A, 10 for coffee, for ochratoxin A, and 28 for raw materials made of red rice, Hongqi capsule lozenges and red ochratoxin, and the qualified rate was 96.4%.

One of the unqualified products came from "Li Family Peanut Sugar" in the inner gate district of Kaohsiung City, which exceeded the standard value set by the Ministry of Health and Fuzhou by five times. Xu Jinfeng said that Li's peanut candy is a family-style factory, and when the Kaohsiung Municipal Health Bureau informed the operators that they had sold out, according to Article 17 of the Food Safety and Hygiene Management Law, the operators must make improvements within a time limit. after the Health Bureau asked the industry to correct the storage environment, production process, and raw material quality control, on the 15th of this month, all the products were qualified.

Another product is Ilan Yuanfeng Fenghang "red rice". Citrinomycin is 13.2ppm, which is more than twice the standard value of 5ppm. The Ilan county government has recovered 2 jin of the same batch of red rice, but the supplier is from the Dongquan Company in Taipei City. The Taipei city government is investigating the source of supply.

Chiang Chih-gang, a nephrologist at National Taiwan University Hospital, says that aflatoxin has been internationally proven to cause cancer, induce and promote tumors, and patients with hepatitis B and liver cancer should be particularly careful. Because aflatoxin accumulates in the human body, but unless you eat too much at one time, otherwise, people will not have obvious symptoms, but the liver index may be on the high side, so it is very important for the government to check the source.

Jiang Zhigang says that aflatoxin is secreted by Flavobacterium, and it is hard to avoid damp and warm Taiwan. People are advised to adhere to the principle of "every grain is clear" when choosing cereal products such as peanuts and corn that are prone to aflatoxin. Buy packaging that can be seen clearly. If it is moldy or black, do not eat it. Store it in a dry, low temperature place and eat it as soon as possible.

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