Due to the food safety crisis of Zoomlion Oil Products, related oil products were taken off the shelves as a precaution. Fushou Company applied for oil products to be re-listed and was allowed to put approximately 1,205 metric tons of oil products back on the shelves. (provided by the city)
At the end of June, an outbreak of carcinogenic oil "benzopyrene" exceeding the standard in China United Oil and Fat caused a food safety crisis across Taiwan. Related oil products were taken off the shelves as a precaution. Fushou Company applied for the oil products to be re-listed. The Taichung City Food Safety Department approved about 1,205 metric tons of oil products to be re-listed for sale after batch-by-batch sampling of the oil products was qualified.
The Food Safety Department stated that in response to Fu Shou Company's application for oil products to be put back on the shelves, after checking the documents item by item and requiring corrections within a time limit, the Food Safety Department also sampled the oil products batch by batch and sent them to a third-party impartial unit for testing of benzene and pyrene. After careful checks, the results of 13 samples all met the regulations, and Fu Shou soybean salad oil, Yuan Qi UP blending oil, Fu Shou fried ghee, Fu Shou top sesame oil and other items, and about 1,205 metric tons of oil products, were allowed to be put back on the shelves for sale.
The Food Safety Department further pointed out that the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued a letter on July 29 this year announcing the conditions and review principles for oil products to be put back on the shelves. Fushou Company submitted an application on September 22, and the city government immediately conducted a preliminary review after accepting the application. It was found that some documents were not complete, and then it was required to make corrections within a time limit. The operator completed the supplements on October 5.
After checking item by item, the Food Safety Department confirmed that the soybean salad oil raw materials used in the applied product were all batches that passed the inspection announced by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The production records, batch numbers, expiration dates, quantities, storage locations and other information were also consistent with the certification documents.
The Food Safety Department pointed out that after the industry's supplementary documents were completed, the city government immediately took 13 samples of the applied products and bulk sesame oil on October 8 and sent them to a third-party impartial unit for testing of benzene and pyrene. The results were all in compliance with the regulations. The complete list of oil products approved to be re-listed has been published on the "Problem Oil Information Zone" of the Taichung City Food Safety Department website (https://www.taichung.gov.tw/3381922/Lpsimplelist).
After the products are put back on the shelves, the city government requires operators to continue to implement independent management responsibilities such as raw material management, process control, product inspection and labeling, and will continue to conduct random inspections and inspections of commercially available oil products to control product quality and flow, and to control food safety.
Fu Shou's application for oil products to be put back on the shelves was approved by the Food Safety Department after the oil products were sampled batch by batch, and approximately 1,205 metric tons of oil products were allowed to be put back on the shelves for sale. (Provided by Food Safety Department)
