The metal foreign materials of 14 kinds of fennel processing products in Korea exceed the standard

Food Partner Network News July 21, according to South Korean media reports, the South Korean Consumer Institute issued a message that: South Korea's safety inspection results of 20 kinds of powdered flavor processing products show that: 14 kinds of flavor processing products (70%), detected metal foreign property exceeded the standard limit (up to 18 times the standard limit).
Korea Consumer Court said: It is speculated that in the process of using a metal shredder to crush the fruit or seeds of the fennel, due to the ball mill, cutting edge and other friction and the production of metal foreign objects.
is a product allowed to be irradiated and sterilized in Korea and abroad, and when irradiated, it should be marked with irradiation marking on the product in accordance with the "Food and other labeling standards".
Korea Consumer Institute confirmed the results of 20 products show that all products are not irradiated treatment, so there is no irradiation marking problems.
addition, 4 out of 20 products (20.0%) do not indicate the variety declaration number, food type, net content, etc., or the label is incorrect, does not meet the marking standards.
in order to ensure the safety of fennel processing products, the Korean Consumer Institute advised the relevant enterprises to voluntarily recall metal foreign objects exceeding the standard of products, and improve the production process and marking.
Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety plans to strengthen the safety and labeling management and supervision of powdered flavor processing products.
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