在食物中滥用塑化剂TheAbuseofPlasticisersinFood.PDF

1 在在 食食 物物 中中 濫濫 用用 塑塑 化化 劑劑 在在 食食 物物 中中 濫濫 用用 塑塑 化化劑劑 The Abuse of Plasticisers in Food 今年五月二十三日，台灣食品藥物管理局（管理局）公布，驗 出 16 款飲品濫用了塑化劑鄰苯二甲酸二 （2 －乙基己酯） （DEHP ）。其後 ，台灣當局查出更多食物含有DEHP ，以及其 他塑化劑，包括鄰苯二甲酸二異壬酯（DINP ）及鄰苯二甲酸 二正丁酯 （DBP ）。調查工作顯示 ，有關產品含塑化劑是由於 非法使用含塑化劑的起雲劑引致。有關起雲劑是由兩間生產商 以塑化劑配製而成 ，以圖降低生產成本和提高產品的穩定性。 管理局認為 ，起雲劑可能在以下五大類食品中濫用 ：（1）運動 飲料 、（2 ）果汁飲料、（3 ）茶飲料、（4 ）果醬／果漿或果凍 ， 以及(5)膠囊錠狀、粉狀食品。台灣當局已因應事件禁售含起雲 劑的上述產品 ，除非業界可就這些產品出示安全文件供核實。 本文將會論述食物安全中心 （中心）就事件採取的應變行動。 2 On 23 May 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Taiwan announced that a plasticiser di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) was found to have been abused in 16 drinks. Subsequently, more foods were found to contain DEHP as well as other plasticisers, including di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) and di-butyl phthalate (DBP). Investigations revealed their presence in the concerned products was a result of illicit use of clouding agents containing the incriminated plasticisers. These clouding agents were formulated by two manufacturers using plasticisers in an attempt to reduce cost and increase stability. The FDA considered that the clouding agents might have been abused in five major types of food, namely (1) sports drinks, (2) juice drinks, (3) tea beverages, (4) fruit jam/syrup and fruit jelly and (5) powder and tablet supplement. Due to the incident, the Taiwan authority prohibited the sale of these products if they contained clouding agent unless safety documents could be provided for verification. In this article, we are going to talk about our responses to this incident.