On June 1st, AQSIQ notified the information of imported unqualified food and cosmetic in April, 2016, including 213 batches of unqualified food such as meat products, aquatic products, dairy products, candy, pastry, potato & puffed food, beverage, foods for special dietary uses and health food. The unqualified foods were from 33 countries or regions including Italy, Korea, Turkey, Japan and Taiwan, etc.
Sina Blog——Toxin in germinant potato was called solanine, general terms of various kinds of glycoalkaloid. If potato skins were pastiness, cyanosis or germinant, the content of solanine increased, leading to astringent taste or bitter, while this was not enough to cause poisoning. The major of solanine was acute toxicity, and it was ridiculous to consider that germinant potatoes were carcinogenic. If the degree of germination was not too serious, it may be saved by paring, soaking and using vinegar in cooking.
Import qualification of 3 foreign milk powder was suspended
Nanfang Daily
On June 1st, a reporter learned from CNCA that import qualification of the famous infant formula brands Topfer and Angi's Land to China was suspended, and the corresponding organic product certification were also suspended. The brands had been in the list of problematic infant formula in less than half a month.
