Xiamen, July 6 (Reporter Ma Ning correspondent Xu Dunming Wang Zhenlu) Recently, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration approved and passed the industry standard for the determination of phthalates in export foods drafted and drafted by Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. This standard advanced technology has reached the international advanced level and leading domestic level. After the standard is formulated and published, it can conduct more comprehensive monitoring of the addition of plasticizers in foods, regulate the production behavior of food production companies, and provide strong technical support for serving food quality and safety.

After the Taiwan plasticizer incident, Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau organized the "Food Safety Commando" of the Cross-Strait Agricultural Products Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center for technical development. The commando team members gave up their weekend vacations, worked overtime, and established successfully in just two days. A method for the determination of phthalates in foods. The technical indicators of the method meet the relevant requirements, and the detection sensitivity can reach the national standard.

At the same time, through the in-depth study of national and international standards for phthalate esters in foods, the commando team found that China's current standards in the detection of the project, the difference with the international detection limit, the scope of detection, detection accuracy and detection methods, etc. There are deficiencies in the 5 areas, and there is a need to improve them, and immediately put forward proposals for the urgency determination of phthalate esters in foods.

On June 10th, the National Customs Supervision Commission opened up a green channel and urgently approved and entrusted the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau to take the lead in drafting the “Determination of Phthalates in Food” industry standard.

On June 27, only 17 days, the standard was formally reviewed by the expert group. Verified by five laboratories of the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Jiangsu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, and Xiamen Quality Inspection Institute, which can detect 22 kinds of phthalates at one time (including international attention (DINP, DIDP, DAP, etc.), the detection limit (0.01-0.5mg/kg) is higher than the national standard.

Up to now, the Xiamen Bureau has conducted testing of plasticizers for 70 batches and 148 imported Taiwanese foods, of which one batch failed to be detected.