China's first food plasticizer industry standard is introduced

According to the Central People's Broadcasting Station, the China National Certification and Accreditation Administration recently approved the industry standard "Determination of Phthalates in Food" drafted and formulated by Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. After the formulation and implementation of this standard, it can provide more comprehensive monitoring of the addition of plasticizers in food and regulate the production behavior of food production enterprises.

After the plasticizer incident in Taiwan, the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau organized the Cross Strait Agricultural Product Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center to develop technology and determine the method for determining phthalates in food. The technical indicators of this method meet the relevant requirements, and the detection sensitivity reaches the national standard.

At the same time, technicians have studied domestic and international standards for the determination of phthalates in food and found that there are deficiencies in the current standards in China in terms of detection items, differences from international detection limits, detection scope, detection accuracy, and detection methods. They have proposed the urgent development of standards for the determination of phthalates in food.

On June 10th, the State Administration for Market Regulation opened a green channel and urgently approved and entrusted the Xiamen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau to lead the drafting of the industry standard for the determination of phthalates in food.

On June 27th, the standard was officially reviewed and approved by the expert group. Verified by five laboratories including the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine Sciences, Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Shanghai Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Jiangsu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, and Xiamen Quality Inspection Institute, it can detect 22 types of phthalates (including internationally highly concerned DINP, DIDP, DAP, etc.) at once, with a detection limit (0.01-0.5mg/kg) higher than the national standard.