South Korea found "sodium cyclamate" in some Chinese pickles
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Last Update: 2007-07-12
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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South Korea will return the artificial sweetener "cyclamate", which is banned in South Korea, to some Chinese kimchi, the South Korean food and drug safety agency announced Thursday South Korea's food and drug safety agency said that after testing 37 imported kimchi samples, it found that 10 Chinese kimchi samples contained "cyclamate" (chemical name: cyclohexylaminosulfonic acid), so it decided to take administrative measures such as return of these products (10.7 tons in total) South Korea's food and drug safety agency is currently recycling kimchi manufacturers previously exported to South Korea, if the same problem is found, all will be destroyed More than 50 countries and regions such as the European Union, Australia, New Zealand and China allow the use of "cyclamate", but South Korea, the United States and Japan prohibit the use of this sweetener.
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