Banned Products: China increases list of tainted imports

China has greatly increased the number of banned imported products from Taiwan.

BEIJING:
China has greatly increased the number of banned imported products from Taiwan after authorities in Taipei warned they were tainted with a chemical used in plastics, state media said on Saturday. Beijing has suspended imports of 812 products including beverages, food and additives- up from the 22 announced on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. The Philippines, Hong Kong and South Korea have also limited imports or sales of foodstuffs from the export-dependent island after the alarm was raised over the chemical DEHP, which can cause hormone malfunctions in children. Authorities have arrested the owner of a company that used DEHP rather than more expensive palm oil in products supplied to dozens of local drinks makers. He faces up to six months in jail.


Published in The Express Tribune, June 5th, 2011.
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