[Cai Zhi Headline] Hargen Das stalls on the big event!This time is the Nong residue

According to the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration of China recently released a list of unqualified food inspections. Among them, French exports of two batches of Hagens Dazs vanilla ice cream were detected by the pesticide component "epoxide" (a type of carcinogen). In response, Hagens Das responded that it was not sold in mainland China, and the refund measures have been launched.

Tianyancha showed that the Hagens Das brand registered Shanghai Hagens Das Food Co., Ltd. in 1995 to enter the Chinese mainland market. In 2006, the GM Trade () Co., Ltd. was established to be responsible for China Hagenham's processing and sales. In August 2021, the company was fined 10,000 yuan because of the use of cocoa butter to impersonate chocolate.

Hagens Das response: The product is not sold in mainland China

Hagens Das said that the vanilla products imported to Taiwan this time (the valid date is April 13, 2023) and the vanilla barrel ice cream (the valid date is October 26, 2022). For residual pesticide ethylene oxide, in order to protect consumers' rights and fulfill the responsibility for food safety, it has been emergency treatment for the first time. At the same time, people who purchase relevant batch numbers will be purchased after April 26 this year. The refund is refunded, the refund period is August 31st this year.

At the same time, Haagen -Dazs explained the products in other regions: "At present, the products sold around the world have not obtained any relevant notifications, and raw materials suppliers strictly abide by the relevant international regulations and specifications of the EU and importing countries. There is no product in the product. Use ethylene. "

However, according to the previous news of the Singapore Food Safety Administration and the Hong Kong Food Safety Administration, Hagen -Dazs's vanilla ice cream 473 ml barrels and 9.46 liters of barrels were detected to detect trace residue pesticide ethylene oxide.

Regarding the results of the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration, the relevant person in charge of Haagen -Dazs said: "We are actively clarifying each link with the global headquarters, and actively cooperate with Taiwan's competent authorities to implement relevant inspection operations to jointly protect consumers' rights and interests. "

Although some products in mainland China are also from France, the relevant person in charge of the Hagen -Dazs parent company GM said: "The company's solemnly stated that the two batches of products involved in Taiwan's imports are not in mainland China. Sales. "

Why does a type of carcinogen appear in ice cream?

It is understood that ethylene oxide is a type of carcinogen. It was previously used to make bactericides and was widely used in industries such as washing, pharmaceuticals, printing and dyeing, and in the chemical -related industries.

Earlier, other brands of ice cream were also found to be ethylene oxide, and the reasons for publicly were different.

In July 2021, brand ice creams such as Nestlé (Nestlé), Milka (Magic Card), which were produced by FRONERI Company were recalled because of ethylene oxide. At that time, the recall statement issued by the official website of Fronteri stated that the ethylene ethylene composition in the batch of ice cream was derived from the accidental pollution of a supplier raw material, and the content was unlikely to risk consumers' health.

On December 9, 2021, the Food Safety Center of the Food and Environmental Health Agency of China Hong Kong China issued a bulletin saying that it was recommended that citizens not to eat 6 "Godivia" (Ge Emperor Vatican) France imported ice cream, because the stabilizer used by related products was verified Contains the EU removal ethylene oxide.

PhD in food engineering analysis said that the source of pollution may be printing ink or disinfection residue of ethylene oxide. E -ethyne ethane is an efficient sterilizer. Different countries have different regulations for disinfection in food production. Residuals and inks may appear in raw materials and ice cream production.

(WeChat public account "Caizhi Headline" comprehensive self: Ministry of Commerce's official website, China News Weekly, Red Star News, etc.)

Edit: Yuan Kai

School pair: Fenghua

Review: Gong Zimo

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