The Food and Drug Administration announced the results of drug residues in poultry and aquatic products from January to February this year.

(Provided by the Food and Drug Administration)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] Eggs and aquatic products have food safety concerns again!

The Food and Drug Administration announced the results of drug residues in poultry and aquatic products from January to February this year. A "(Green Farmer) Native Egg" in Taitung County was found to have the risk of blood cancer from the animal drug Florfenicol. The "half-shell abalone" sold jointly was also detected with 2 prohibited animal drugs.

Following the announcement of the National Egg Inspection, the Food and Drug Administration's Central District Management Center announced the inspection of poultry, livestock and aquatic products again.

0.012ppm of flumethanesulfonyl chloramphenicol was detected in the "(Green Farmer) Local Eggs" of Taitung County Farmers' Association Fresh Supermarket. This is a residue that cannot be detected because it is a highly toxic chloramphenicol. When it is high, it may cause aplastic anemia, and even have the suspicion of causing blood cancer; people with sensitive constitutions may also cause allergic reactions such as urticaria and asthma.

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In addition, two banned drugs were also detected in the "half-shell abalone" sold in Quanlian Supermarket in Tainan City, including Sulfamethoxazole 0.08ppm and Trimethoprim 0.04ppm. It is an animal drug that cannot be detected.

In addition, "Wu Zai Dried Overnight" sold by "Zhenjia Food" in Chiayi City was also detected. The undetectable animal drug Sulfamethoxazole (Sulfamethoxazole) 0.03ppm; The sold muscle was detected with 0.2ppm of Doxycycline.

What is even more exaggerated is that 0.0042ppm of reduced malachite green (Leucomalachite green) was detected in the "fresh fish and midgets" sold in Jincheng Fisherman's Club Supermarket in Kinmen County, which is more likely to accumulate in the fat and internal organs of living organisms. Ingestion of food containing malachite green residues may increase its hazards due to bioaccumulation. my country's Environmental Protection Agency has classified malachite green as a "fourth type of toxic compound". Japan, the United States, Canada, the European Union, Thailand, China and my country have all The use of malachite green in cultured fisheries (food fish) has been banned.

In addition, 0.3ppm of the antibiotic Enrofloxacin and its metabolites were detected in the "Da Pai" sold by "Zongyuan Food Shop" in Changhua County.

However, the Food and Drug Administration only asked the local government health bureau to ask the industry to immediately take it off the shelves, recall it, and not sell it, and notify the agricultural administration to implement source management, without specifying further preventive measures and penalties.