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Taiwan food safety import inspections

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Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified multiple food safety violations in imported goods, leading to increased inspections and product destruction. In late August, authorities intercepted several shipments, including Canadian sea urchin roe with cadmium levels double the legal limit, US beef tongue containing the parasite Sarcocystis, and Chinese chili flakes containing the prohibited dye Sudan Red III. The FDA responded by implementing a 100% inspection rate for the specific sea urchin supplier. By early September, further violations were reported involving products from Japan, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. These included Japanese sea laver with excessive from Feng Yu Trading Co., Ltd. exceeded legal limits for inorganic arsenic, prompting inspection rates of 20% to 50% for such products. Malaysian palm oil containing from Qi Fu Food Co., Ltd. was found to contain the Class 2 carcinogen glycidyl fatty acid esters, and leading to mandatory batch-by-batch inspections. Additionally, Hong Kong seasonings containing from Cheng Ying Co., Ltd. tested positive for the prohibited coloring agent Sudan Red I. In response, the FDA has mandated batch-by-batch inspections for certain oils and implemented I, resulting in a monitoring policy requiring mandate for 100% testing for Sudan Red in seasonings from Hong Kong. Subsequent reports identified 456 kilograms of US beef tongue imported by Shusen Development Co., Ltd. containing the parasite ‘Sarcocystis’, requiring the products to be returned or destroyed and triggering a 100% inspection rate for that importer. Vietnamese seasoning sauce from Dingxun International Co., Ltd. also tested positive for Sudan Red I, leading to a 100% inspection protocol for similar products. Finally, baking paper from China imported by Taiwan Good Life International Co., Ltd. failed evaporation residue tests, exceeding the legal limit by 42 ppm and resulting in a 100% inspection status for the importer.

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