Hangzhou emergency check concentrated whey protein powder Wahaha starts recall

The reporter learned from the Provincial Bureau of quality supervision that on August 3, after receiving the information about the potential quality hazards of whey protein of batch jw22 in New Zealand, Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of quality supervision immediately organized an emergency response to carry out the investigation of enterprises that may pollute products During the investigation, the supervisors of Xiaoshan branch and economic development branch of Hangzhou Quality Supervision Bureau checked the relevant data such as the entry-exit inspection and quarantine health certificate, the inspection report of the company's raw and auxiliary materials, production records, inspection report and sales account, and preliminarily found out that the total import problem concentrated whey protein of Wahaha Group was 14.475 tons, involving Hangzhou Wahaha Health Food Co., Ltd And two subsidiaries of Hangzhou Wahaha import and Export Co., Ltd Among them, Wahaha Group (Hangzhou company) received 450 kg of raw materials, which have been used At present, there is no inventory Other raw materials are supplied to other companies in other provinces of Wahaha The reporter contacted the relevant person in charge of Wahaha Group, who confirmed that the WPC-80 whey protein with batch number of jw22 produced by Fonterra New Zealand in May last year was 14.475 tons, which was used in acid products such as calcium and good drink However, according to its review of the factory test records of products using the whey protein from last year to February this year, no Clostridium botulinum and botulinum toxin were found And said that the company has asked the sales staff to fully check whether the retailers in the market still have the products involved in the batch number, if any, we will immediately recall Wahaha told reporters that the review was entrusted by the company to an authority Why use this kind of raw material, but not in the product According to FDA and modern food microbiology and other relevant data, Clostridium botulinum is a strict anaerobic bacteria, which can not grow in the environment with pH value below 4.6, Wahaha Group technicians explained The pH value of the product with the whey protein is between 4.1 and 4.3 Clostridium botulinum can not grow in this high acid environment, and the related products can not produce botulinum toxin In addition, many times of high temperature sterilization is needed in the production process of the product, even if there is botulinum toxin, there is no residual risk At present, Wahaha Group has fully launched emergency response measures, emergency screening of related products, to ensure that the flow of raw materials used to confirm, off shelves, recall all food processed with raw materials in question The problem whey protein imported by Wahaha was produced in May last year, and the relevant products were sold from October last year Now, the products sold by dealers have been basically sold out, and the sales personnel are also comprehensively checking whether the retailers in the market still have the products involved in the batch number to ensure all the products are recalled It is reported that the provincial quality supervision department will continue to pay attention to the development of events In response to the event of concentrated whey protein powder, Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of quality supervision will also carry out industry dairy risk warning and special rectification actions Two other importers have also responded, according to Xinhua Shanghai sugar industry tobacco and wine (Group) Co., Ltd introduced that the final customer of the batch of imported problematic products is Coca Cola beverage (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a total of 4.8 tons According to the confirmation with Coca Cola beverage (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., 25 kg of raw materials have been used to produce individual batches of meizhiyuan fruit milk granules, while the remaining 4.775 tons of raw materials have not been put into production and have been safely isolated Doumeizi Infant Food Co., Ltd said that some of the second stage products of superior shell care and duolingjia may be affected, and some of the 12 batches involved have been quickly sealed and have not entered the market The company has announced the product name, net weight and batch number of the involved products, and has carried out preventive recall and destruction of these products It is recommended that the consumers who buy the related products stop using them immediately Other products of the company are not affected, so consumers can buy them at ease.