Food and Drug Administration: From 2023 to 2025, the pass rate of dried golden needle products exceeded 97%, and 5 products that exceeded the standard have been punished in accordance with the law.

Director of the Food and Drug Administration Jiang Zhigang went to Hualien on September 11 to visit the dried golden needle products industry and learn about the cooperation between the central government and local agricultural administration and health units to guide the industry to improve manufacturing processes and manage product hygiene and safety. (Provided by Food and Drug Administration)

The Food and Drug Administration stated today (25th) that from 2023 to 2025, the pass rate of dried golden needle products on the market has reached more than 97% every year. However, there are still 5 products with excessive sulfur dioxide residues in three years. The violators have been fined in accordance with the law, with a total fine of 150,000 yuan. The Food and Drug Administration will continue to cooperate with local governments to ensure the health and safety of dried golden needle products from the manufacturing end to the market sales end.

Wang Cisui, section chief of the North District Management Center of the Food and Drug Administration, explained that in 2023, three pieces of dried daylily products were unqualified, with detection values ​​of sulfur dioxide ranging from 4.4 to 4.8 grams per kilogram; one piece was unqualified each in 2024 and 2025, with detection values ​​of 5.8 grams and 4.1 grams per kilogram respectively, both exceeding the legal limit of 4.0 grams per kilogram.

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The Food and Drug Administration pointed out that sulfites can be used in the processing of dried golden needle products, but they must comply with the sulfur dioxide residue limit. Therefore, in addition to random inspections of commercially available products, we must also start with process management and industry independent management.

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Jiang Zhigang went to Hualien on September 11 to inspect the dried golden needle products industry, and learned about the cooperation between the central government and local agricultural administration and health units to guide the industry to improve manufacturing processes and manage product hygiene and safety. He also went to the Eastern Office of the North District Management Center of the Food and Drug Administration to express his condolences to colleagues.

The Food and Drug Administration stated that the Eastern Office has jurisdiction over the food and drug administration business in Yilan, Hualien and Taitung, with its jurisdiction stretching approximately 380 kilometers from north to south. Our colleagues have been cooperating with local governments for a long time, and have gone deep into the daylily production areas such as Chikeshan, Liushishishan and Taimali to guide the industry to strengthen quality management, and continue to conduct manufacturing inspections and random inspections of commercially available products.

Jiang Zhigang said that food safety must be checked from the source to the consumer. The Food and Drug Administration will continue to combine industry guidance, industry independent management and market supervision to maintain the hygienic safety of dried golden needle products.