Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan (left) yesterday went to the Healthy Elementary School in Songshan District to inspect nutritious lunches for school children, and declared that he would not lend leniently to illegal manufacturers or businesses.Reporter Hu Jingzhou/Photography
The mystery surrounding Taiwan Sugar’s pork clenbuterol remains unsolved, and the “Sudan Red” storm has expanded. Su Junbin, deputy mayor of Taoyuan City, said at the Executive Yuan meeting yesterday that New Taipei City reported the day before yesterday that the newly added raw material green chili powder was detected with 4 ppb of Sudan red flowing into Taoyuan Food Company. Two thousand kilograms have been purchased, and five major categories of products have been produced, including white pepper, black pepper, salt and pepper powder, red pepper, and chicken heart powder. It is no longer just the chili powder and curry powder that everyone previously understood.
The New Taipei City Health Bureau announced yesterday that Sudan red was detected in three batches of chili powder raw materials from Baoxin Company, which were sold to 14 operators in seven counties and cities. Among them, white pepper powder made by a company in Taipei City was sold to nine counties and cities including Shuangbei and Taoyuan.
After New Taipei City took the first shot last night and announced that curry powder and chili powder would be discontinued in nutritious lunches for schools below high school, a total of 16 counties and cities governed by the blue camp and Hsinchu City have stopped using them on their own; Kaohsiung City, governed by the green camp, took the lead yesterday to “turn to “, and expanded the scope of the ban to include schools, medical, long-term care, nursing, social welfare and other institutions at all levels for a period of three months. Tainan, Chiayi County, and Pingtung County subsequently announced that they would follow Kaohsiung’s approach. Penghu and Hualien counties announced that they would temporarily suspend the use of curry powder and chili powder in school lunches. Beijing City banned pepper again last night.
Executive President Chen Jianren also boasted in a report on food safety in the Legislative Yuan a few days ago that after the Democratic Progressive Party came to power, food safety incidents have gradually turned from systemic to individual problems, but the Sudan Red crisis has intensified. The Executive Yuan will discuss the case yesterday. Chen Jianren said that traceability information should be disclosed as soon as possible. Yesterday afternoon, Chen Jianren held a meeting on recent food safety incidents, including the implementation of source management. In addition, in response to the doubts about clenbuterol, the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare previously held an expert meeting, and the report of the expert committee of the Ministry of Agriculture has been sent to the Executive Yuan and will be explained to the public today.
People in the Political Yuan said that after the first wave of expanded inspections started on March 1, it was discovered that the Sudan Red incident was not an isolated case. At this stage, it is indeed impossible to ensure that the products on the market are safe. A second wave of expanded inspections will be conducted today, hoping that as soon as possible However, the food supply chain is complicated and local units are currently notifying each other. A meeting was held yesterday to discuss more sophisticated practices.
Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng criticized the central government at a municipal meeting yesterday. He said that chili powder seems to be more and more troublesome. It is a pity that the Ministry of Health and Welfare has failed in food safety control. Local agencies must stand firm and ensure that food safety control is leak-proof. , so that citizens can rest assured.
It is understood that Su Junbin said at the Executive Yuan meeting yesterday that local traceability inspections and the upstream and downstream uses of food processing are complex. From food raw materials, processing, packaging, and access, all information is now reported as soon as possible and should be reported by central units Integrate and provide various county and municipal governments. For example, the Ministry of Education notifies the county and municipal education bureaus. It should not be the counties and municipalities desperately looking for resources to save themselves.
Taoyuan City stepped up its efforts yesterday and announced that it will ban the use of white pepper, black pepper, and salt and pepper on campus for three months. New Taipei City announced that medical institutions, long-term care, nursing, and social welfare institutions will stop using seasonings such as chili powder and curry powder for three months, similar to schools.
Kaohsiung City Councilor Bai Qiaoyin criticized the Kaohsiung City Government’s policy U-turn. The Kaohsiung City Health Bureau stated that this was not a “policy U-turn” but a rolling revision based on survey results.
Hualien County did not follow up with New Taipei the day before yesterday, and the Education Department’s phone was flooded with dissatisfied parents. Acting Director Weng Shumin said that it immediately checked and confirmed that school lunches did not use Sudan red seasoning powder. Yesterday, they followed up and announced that they would suspend the use of curry powder and chili. pink.
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