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又见三聚氰胺?进口奶粉无法幸免
【字体: 大 中 小 】 时间:2008年11月28日 来源:生物通
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国产奶粉三聚氰胺事件沸沸扬扬,引发了对国产食品的信任危机,许多父母无奈转向了进口奶粉,然而昨日美国食品与药品管理局(FDA)却表示,在美国销售的一种婴幼儿配方奶粉中发现了三聚氰胺,虽然美国当局并未透露厂家名称,但有报道猜测或为雅培营养、美赞臣以及雀巢当中其一。
国产奶粉三聚氰胺事件沸沸扬扬,引发了对国产食品的信任危机,许多父母无奈转向了进口奶粉,然而昨日美国食品与药品管理局(FDA)却表示,在美国销售的一种婴幼儿配方奶粉中发现了三聚氰胺,虽然美国当局并未透露厂家名称,但有报道猜测或为雅培营养、美赞臣以及雀巢当中其一。
这三大占据美国婴儿奶粉市场90%份额的厂商的中方负责人对此都立即作出了回应:雅培奶粉公关部负责人王小姐称,中国区销售的雅培奶粉为欧洲和新西兰原装进口,而美国所售的雅培奶粉理应产自美国当地。美赞臣方面则表示,在华所售的美赞臣奶粉原料来自新西兰和荷兰,进口至中国后在本地包装,亦与美国售产品无关。二者皆表示产品已经国家进出口检验检疫部门检查,目前为止并未检出含有三聚氰胺。雀巢奶粉方面则直接表示,雀巢公司在中国销售的雀巢奶粉全部为中国本地产,在奶粉事件后的多次检测中均拿到检测合格报告,可证明产品不含三聚氰胺。
在华尔街日报的报道中称,这些发现的“非常少量”的三聚氰胺是在FDA对一些美国生产的婴儿奶粉抽检时,改变了检测方法,采用了一种新型的能检测出微量化学物的新技术后发现的。
由于所含三聚氰胺的数量极少——都在百万分之0.3以下(国内三聚氰胺限量标准:婴幼儿奶粉为百万分之一;液态奶及奶粉为百万分之2.5),因此FDA怀疑造成的原因很可能是来自处理包装过程。
不过一些美国消费者认为,该数据不会对婴幼儿造成危害的说法还为时过早。因为FDA制定的这个标准是针对其他食品的,并非适用于婴幼儿奶粉。
另昨日法国环保协会(MDRGF)发表公报指出,从欧盟5国提取的几乎所有餐桌葡萄样品,经检查,均发现有杀虫剂残留物,其中某些杀虫剂是欧盟禁止的。
这个协会共检测了124种葡萄样品,其中就有123种显示含有杀虫剂残留物。20%受10种不同化学品的污染,4.8%超过了欧盟新法律规定的上限。此外,3种样品含有禁止在生产国使用的杀虫剂。
这一消息震惊了整个欧洲,原本以为是一方净土的欧美国家此次接连被披露此等事件,无疑对于经济动荡的人民来说是雪上加霜,希望在接连的动荡和危机之后,经过调整,我们能迎来更加优良的生活环境。
(生物通:万纹)
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华尔街日报原文:
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said that it found one positive sample of U.S.-made infant formula containing melamine "at very low trace levels."
Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said the agency also found melamine in a few samples of products such as nutritional supplements and medical supplements, all made by the five U.S. manufacturers of infant formula. Dr. Sundlof said the melamine detected was at "extremely low levels" and likely was the result of contact with melamine during the processing or from packaging. Melamine was approved to be a "food contact substance" in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
The melamine found in U.S.-made products "is no cause for concern" from a health standpoint, Dr. Sundlof said. The FDA said the low level of melamine was detected with the use of new technology that can detect minute traces of the chemical.
Dr. Sundlof said the agency is also conducting animal tests to determine safety levels.
The traces of melamine were found as part of the FDA program of testing for the industrial chemical after melamine in Chinese-made infant formula sickened tens of thousands of Chinese infants and led to the deaths of four. Dr. Sundlof said the FDA not only sampled products at ethnic markets but also took samples from the five approved infant-formula manufacturers.
Earlier this month, the FDA announced it was restricting entry of all food products from China containing milk after inspectors found evidence of melamine contamination, which has sickened tens of thousands of Chinese infants and caused at least four deaths. Under the FDA directive, importers must prove their food and drink shipments don't contain melamine before they can be released to U.S. markets.