Developments of Food Safety Incident Involving Addition of Clouding Agents Containing Plasticizers DEHP and DINP and Countermeasures
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered a clouding agent manufactured and sold by Yu Shen Chem. Co., Ltd. as a food additive containing Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, a plasticizer commonly abbreviated as DEHP, and immediately launched an investigation. Affected businesses were ordered to recall and remove the tainted products from store shelves nationwide. Details were publicly announced on May 23. AAfter discovering that clouding agents from Yu Shen Chem. Co., Ltd. and Pin Han Perfumery Co., Ltd. contained DEHP and DINP, respectively, the FDA immediately launched investigations to track down where the clouding agents had been sold and detained all the products containing clouding agents from the two said companies, while those found in sales outlets were taken off the shelves for public health protection. The Department of Health announced that starting from May 27, 2011 all ingredients, semi-finished products and products containing clouding agents confirmed by the Department of Health as containing plasticizers must be taken off the shelf and recalled, including sports drinks, fruit beverages, tea beverages, jam, fruit pulp and fruit jelly, and food supplements in capsules, tablets or powders. The products will be allowed back on the shelf after the businesses provide product safety certifications that verify the products contain no plasticizers.
