The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday said it had detected slight traces of a banned additive in one sample of frozen pork sold by Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) after retesting.
The FDA and Taichung Health Bureau tested pork samples again for cimbuterol, a leanness-enhancing additive, following doubts about the bureau’s original process.
After the bureau’s initial finding released on Friday last week, the FDA and Council of Agriculture found no issues at the pig farm or packing plant, and other agencies were unable to replicate the result.
Photo courtesy of the Taichung Health Bureau
Three separate tests conducted by the FDA earlier this week found amounts near the limit of 0.001 parts per million (ppm) in one sample, but not others from the same batch, FDA Director Wu Shou-mei (吳秀梅) told a news conference on Wednesday.
Although the additive was found, it was in very small amounts, Wu said, adding that a meeting would be held to discuss potential causes.
The agency is still testing 29 other samples, but so far, cimbuterol has only been found in the one sample, Wu said.
Meanwhile, the Taichung bureau’s new test confirmed its earlier result of 0.002ppm, bureau Director Tseng Tzu-chan (曾梓展) told reporters.
Of the 22 tests conducted by the bureau, 21 found trace amounts of cimbuterol, he said.
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