
The fresh potatoes imported by Huayuan Foods from the United States were found to contain solanine exceeding the standard. The Ministry of Health and Welfare emphasized that the shipment had been intercepted and returned at the border and had not entered the market.
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The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare conducts regular border inspections and conducts safety inspections and risk classification management of imported foods.
The Food and Drug Administration intercepted a batch of fresh potatoes exported from the United States for exceeding the legal limit of solanine.
[Reporter Lin Xinhan/Taipei Report] The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the results of a border inspection yesterday (6). 339,580 kilograms of "fresh potatoes" imported by Huayuan Food Company from the United States were found to contain solanine exceeding the standard and must be returned or destroyed. Minister of Health and Welfare Shi Chongliang said in an interview today that the shipment had been intercepted and returned at the border and had not entered the domestic market. The Food and Drug Administration has a certain scientific logic in conducting border controls to ensure the food safety of the people.
Shi Chongliang said that once a single manufacturer is found to have violated regulations, its risk level will be increased and random inspections will be increased; if it occurs repeatedly from a region, the proportion of random inspections from that region will also be increased; if the general risk of such products increases, random inspections will be increased for such products. In the future, we will also follow such rules, scientific evidence, and hierarchical risk management.
In addition, in preparation for the National Day and Liberation Day holidays, the outside world is concerned about the capacity capacity of medical institutions. Shi Chongliang said that the Ministry of Health and Welfare has held a meeting internally to take stock of the status of medical institutions and pharmacies. In order to give everyone some feedback for their hard work, relevant incentive measures have been formulated and will be fully explained to the outside world after the Executive Yuan meeting on Thursday. The media asked if it was different from the Spring Festival? Shi Chongliang said that the direction and principles are similar.

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