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    The "Taiwansheng" seafood plant has been warned by the US FDA for serious violations of HACCP regulations

    • Last Update: 2022-11-04
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Thai seafood giant Tay Wansheng received a notification
    from the U.
    S.
    Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for serious violations of the Seafood Production Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP).
     
    The warning came after an assessment of Taiwansheng's seafood processing plant in Samut Sakhon in Thailand
    in January.
    Due to Covid travel restrictions, inspections are conducted
    remotely.
     
    During the remote evaluation, FDA found multiple serious HACCP violations at the facility
    .
     
    The irregularities cited in the U.
    S.
    (FDA) Food and Drug Administration's warning notice to Tawansheng include problems with the company's production of frozen precooked tuna waist process, which is deemed inadequate to control histamine formation
    .
     
    Histamine poisoning is an allergic food poisoning
    caused by the consumption of fish and fish products containing histamine.
    Cooking, canning, or freezing cannot lower histamine levels because the compound is very stable, especially thermally stable
    .
     
    Almost all people are affected by histamine and produce symptoms of poisoning, the severity of which is related
    to the amount of histamine in food and the self-sensitivity of the population.
    Histamine is the only biogenic amine whose intake is restricted by European law, which stipulates that the histamine content of fresh fish must not exceed 200 mg/kg and the histamine content of fish products must not exceed 400 mg/kg
    .
    China's "Marine Fish Hygiene Standards" (GB2733-94) stipulates that histamine in mackerel does not exceed 100 mg/100 g, and histamine in other fish does not exceed 30 mg/100 g
    .
     
    Histamine is low in fresh fish, but is greatly increased
    during fish decay.
    When the fish dies, the body's defense system loses its vitality and the microorganisms that produce histamine begin to multiply
    .
    Blue-skinned red meat fish (such as mackerel, tuna, bonito, saury, mackerel, sardines, etc.
    ) in marine fish have a high histidine content, and when stored improperly, they will produce more histamine
    under the action of bacteria.
    The histamine formed cannot be removed by heating or freezing
    .
     
    Histamine poisoning can cause symptoms
    such as low blood pressure, flushing, headache, rubella, eyelid edema, etc.
    Histamine poisoning can also cause abdominal muscle spasm, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and other gastrointestinal reactions as well as palpitations, tachycardia and other symptoms
    .
     
    Tai Wansheng is the world's third-largest seafood company in terms of revenue, with sales of THB 141 billion (EUR 38/USD 4.
    4 billion)
    in 2021.
     
    In the Chinese market, "Taiwansheng" has a number of seafood products on sale, including canned tuna, Oscar brand white shrimp, frozen Atlantic salmon and other products
    .
    These products are currently available
    on both online and offline channels such as JD.
    com, Tmall, and Hema .
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