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187855
Sat, 06/11/2011 - 12:35
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FOODSTUFF FROM TAIWAN NOW ON FOSIM LEVEL 4 ALERT
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has raised the alert for imported foodstuffs from Taiwan to Level 4 of the Food Safety Information System for Malaysia after carcinogen was detected in several of them.
Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said Saturday that scrutiny of imported foodstuffs from Taiwan was being intensified at ports.
FoSIM has six levels of alert. Level 4 requires every consignment from the source country to be sampled. Level 5 requires the consignment to be sampled and held at the port. Level 6 is for the consignment to be rejected.
He said the ministry was stepping up information sharing with authorities in Taiwan and Hong Kong to trace which other countries had purchased the bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalae (DEHP) and di-Isononyl (DINP).
"This traceability system is very effective. We have a list, we know Taiwan's addictive is selling to which country, and we take note of the products to see if the food is coming into our country," he told reporters after opening Koperasi Jayadiri Malaysia Berhad 29th annual general meeting here.
Seven types of food and beverage imported from Taiwan had been pulled off the shelves for containing DEHP since early this month.
On Friday, the authorities also recalled the South Korean instant noodle "Shin Romen" for fear that it had been contaminated.
Liow said samples of the noodle had been taken for testing, and urged the public to stop consuming the product for the time being.
He said the ministry would continue to monitor the situation and keep the public informed.
Liow also said the flour sold in the market is safe for consumption and the level of benzoyl peroxide, an bleaching agent used in flour processing, is below the maximum level allowed by the ministry.
He said the amount allowed to be used by the international standard is 75ml per kilogramme of flour while in Malaysia the maximum allowed is lower, at 50ml per kilogramme.
He was refuting allegations that flour sold in the market contained a high level of benzoyl peroxide.
Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai said Saturday that scrutiny of imported foodstuffs from Taiwan was being intensified at ports.
FoSIM has six levels of alert. Level 4 requires every consignment from the source country to be sampled. Level 5 requires the consignment to be sampled and held at the port. Level 6 is for the consignment to be rejected.
He said the ministry was stepping up information sharing with authorities in Taiwan and Hong Kong to trace which other countries had purchased the bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalae (DEHP) and di-Isononyl (DINP).
"This traceability system is very effective. We have a list, we know Taiwan's addictive is selling to which country, and we take note of the products to see if the food is coming into our country," he told reporters after opening Koperasi Jayadiri Malaysia Berhad 29th annual general meeting here.
Seven types of food and beverage imported from Taiwan had been pulled off the shelves for containing DEHP since early this month.
On Friday, the authorities also recalled the South Korean instant noodle "Shin Romen" for fear that it had been contaminated.
Liow said samples of the noodle had been taken for testing, and urged the public to stop consuming the product for the time being.
He said the ministry would continue to monitor the situation and keep the public informed.
Liow also said the flour sold in the market is safe for consumption and the level of benzoyl peroxide, an bleaching agent used in flour processing, is below the maximum level allowed by the ministry.
He said the amount allowed to be used by the international standard is 75ml per kilogramme of flour while in Malaysia the maximum allowed is lower, at 50ml per kilogramme.
He was refuting allegations that flour sold in the market contained a high level of benzoyl peroxide.
