Some 900 products have been pulled from nearly 40,000 Taiwanese shops. Hospitals have beenflooded with worried parents seeking check-ups for their children. Diets have swiftly changed.Out have gone processed drinks and even ice cream.
约有900中商品已在台湾近40000家店铺中撤柜,医院里也挤满了忧心忡忡的来给孩子做检查的父母。人们的饮食习惯顷刻间发生了改变,含添加剂的饮料,甚至是冰激凌都已在市面上消失。
The problems have been traced to two upstream suppliers of food additives, Yu Shen Chemicaland Pin Han Perfumery. Among other things, plasticisers were substituted for palm oil asclouding agents in drinks. One plasticiser, known as DEHP, is a possible carcinogen, andthought capable of wreaking havoc with childrens reproductive organs. The inspectorsdiscovered levels far in excess of the daily allowed intake. Insiders have told investigators thatproducts may have been doctored for decades.
引发这次塑化剂风波的源头被锁定在两家食品添加剂上游供货商身上:昱申化工和品汉香料。塑化剂用在饮料中可替代棕榈油起到混浊剂的作用。一种可能致癌的叫做DEHP的塑化剂,被认为会对儿童的生殖器官产生严重损害。食品安全检验人员在被检查的食品中发现了含量远超过每日允许摄入量的该种塑化剂。有内幕人士告诉调查人员,或许早在几十年前就存在向食品中掺入有害添加剂的行为。
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