[action] I am firmly opposed to the FDA's addition of the residue tolerance standard for carbene.

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The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced in advance that the "tolerance Standard for Pesticide residues" would be revised to include ten miscellaneous grain crops, including oats, buckwheat and barley, which would be transferred from non-detectable to 10ppm. The reference documents for the revision of the regulations were actually written by Monsanto. The Ministry of Health, which is supposed to guard the food safety of the public, seems to attach more importance to the business interests of manufacturers than to the health and well-being of the people.

The Taiwan Alliance for the Promotion of non-basic Reform invites partners who are concerned about diet, agriculture and the environment to ask the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare to cancel this amendment notice for the addition of the residue standard of Jiaposai.

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Letter-Ministry of Health and Welfare Food and Drug Administration: sy77@fda.gov.tw

Message-Public Policy Network participation platform: https://reurl.cc/M9YGL

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Oppose the relaxation of the standard of residual allowance for gabion plugs.

I firmly oppose the addition of the standard for carapace residues in barley, millet, Duran wheat, rapeseed, sorghum, rye, rye, Li, oats and buckwheat from non-detectable to 10ppm. The reasons are as follows:

First, it is too hasty to amend the law only according to the written documents submitted by the applicant Monsanto.

According to the information released by the Food and Drug Administration, this amendment stems from the application for import allowance filed by Hong Kong Merchant Monsanto far East Co., Ltd., and the basis for the amendment is to refer to the written information submitted by the company. However, just last year, the California Superior Court found that Monsanto concealed the experimental data on the carcinogenic risk of Gypsy and ordered it to pay high compensation to the victims.

The FDA decided to relax the standards only on the basis of the written documents submitted by Monsanto, which was too hasty.

Second, there is no careful assessment of the risk of cancer caused by gablux.

By referring to the assessment results of the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States and the European Food Safety Agency, the Food and Drug Administration concluded that Carbonate was not suspected of causing cancer. However, as early as 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) under the World Health Organization listed carnet as a class 2A substance that may be at risk of causing cancer to the human body. at the same time, in recent years, academic studies have pointed out that it has genotoxicity, even if the concentration is very low, long-term exposure to it will also affect human health.

The Fehd should take into account the information of all parties concerned and reassess carefully the carcinogenic risk of caramel.

Third, we should not open the door for imported miscellaneous grains with residual Jiapan plugs.

Although Taiwan farmers have planted more items of barley, sorghum, millet and buckwheat this time, there is no need or requirement to increase the residual tolerance of caramel.

The beneficiaries of this revision are obviously the imported miscellaneous grains of the residual herbicide Jiaposai.

According to the above three points, we strongly urge the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the amendment of the regulations and protect the food safety of the whole people.

[initiator]

Taiwan non-basic Reform Promotion Alliance, Housewives Union Environmental Protection Foundation, Taiwan Housewives Union Life consumption Cooperative, opinion Subnet, Campus lunch is not based.

[reference]

Bill notice

Https://www.mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-47386-1.html

Taiwan plans to greatly relax the residue of herbicide Jiaposi! Imported wheat, oats and other 10 items of miscellaneous grains, with a maximum of 10 ppm allowed

Https://www.newsmarket.com.tw/blog/119293/

The Housewives' Union firmly opposes the increase of pesticide caramel residue tolerance by the Food and Drug Administration.

Https://www.huf.org.tw/news/content/4675

Have a non-basic Jiaposai article for campus lunch

Https://reurl.cc/8zrmd