Japanese noodles have been removed from Hong Kong. Hong Kong banned sweeteners

The issue of food safety again attracted the attention of consumers last weekend, especially Hong Kong consumers A spokesman for the Hong Kong Food Safety Centre announced over the weekend that stevia, a sweetener banned in Hong Kong, was found in the beibeibeixing delicious noodle series Subsequently, the Hong Kong Food Safety Centre asked the relevant retail stores to withdraw the relevant food from the market, and the remaining inventory has been checked This series of food is produced by elegant Food Co., Ltd., a Japanese food company It is reported that there are two kinds of beibeixing series food with problems, namely, corn flavor beibeixing delicious noodles (also known as "crisp noodles") and salad flavor beibeibeixing delicious noodles, all of which are produced in Japan Retailers selling problem food said they would recycle it as required by the government The retailer said that the problem food has been sold for two to three months, and citizens can go to any branch to refund if they have bought the product A spokesman for the Hong Kong Food Safety Centre said: "the consumption of Stevia from food by ordinary people will not cause adverse health effects." Stevia is a new type of natural sweetener extracted from Chrysanthemum leaves Its sweetness is 250 to 300 times of sucrose, but its heat is only 1 / 300 of sucrose, and its cost is 60% lower than that of sucrose There are many benefits of Stevia, such as lowering blood sugar, preventing caries, strengthening stomach and relieving fatigue However, some experts point out that long-term intake of Stevia will affect renal function and urinary system The World Health Organization Expert Committee on food additives evaluated the safety of Stevia in 1998 However, due to the incomplete research data, the Committee has not yet reached a conclusion on the safety of Stevia The medical literature has proved that Stevia may cause cancer and infertility in animals, but the harm to human beings is uncertain Stevia was added to the list of banned sweeteners by the Hong Kong food and environmental health department in 2003 Since then, the import and sale of Stevia and foods containing Stevia will be subject to the regulation on sweeteners in foods The current legislation provides that the maximum penalty for retailers involved in the sale of food containing non permitted sweeteners, or prepackaged food that is not properly described as required, is imprisonment for 6 months and a fine of HK $50000 This time, the Hong Kong Food Safety Centre believes that the two inspected beibeixing noodles did not have proper Chinese / English explanations in accordance with the food and drug (composition and labelling) regulations, and the food safety centre will consider prosecuting violations According to statistics, in the past three years, the Hong Kong food and environmental health department has prosecuted six cases involving the sale of Stevia containing foods, and the relevant retailers have been fined 2000 to 8000 Hong Kong dollars Beibeixing is sold in Beijing It is reported that although Stevia is listed as a banned sweetener in Hong Kong, it is a legally used additive in the mainland and Taiwan, and Japan has not proposed a ban on Stevia Since the 1980s, stevia has been widely used in various kinds of food by many food companies, and the sales volume of this additive has been increasing in recent years Last weekend, the reporter found in the supermarket of the Asian Games Village store, Huatang shopping mall, Beisihuan East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, that there are beibeibeixing delicious noodles for sale, but the taste of beibeibeixing delicious noodles for sale is chicken and fried noodles Huatang store salesmen told reporters that these products are produced in Japan, the price is not cheap, the sales price of 50g bags is more than 5 yuan Established in 1948, elegant Food Co., Ltd mainly produces leisure food and general food, with an annual sales volume of about 12.5 billion yen Elegant Food Co., Ltd has a wide range of consumers, 29% of whom are children, and 71% of whom are other consumers Yesterday, reporters found on the official website of elegant Food Co., Ltd that the company had announced its entry into the mainland market, and the official website also appeared in Chinese.