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"Bamariang" mineral water was found to have excessive bromate content, long-term drinking or carcinogenicity

author:China Youth Network

Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau completed 754 batches of provincial food safety supervision and sampling tasks, involving grain processing products, meat products, beverages and edible agricultural products. According to the national food safety standard inspection and judgment, 742 batches of qualified samples and 12 batches of unqualified samples were sampled and inspected.

According to the "Notice on the Unqualified Situation of 12 Batches of Food" issued by the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, the drinking natural mineral water (specification model: 500ml/bottle; production date/batch number: 2020-12-04) sold by Wuxi Auchan Supermarket Co., Ltd. does not meet the requirements of the national standard for food safety. The initial inspection institution is Jiangsu Provincial Institute of Product Quality Supervision and Inspection, and the re-inspection institution is Jiangsu Food and Drug Supervision and Inspection Institute.

Detailed information shows that the bromate in natural mineral water is a by-product of water source water after ozone disinfection. "Drinking Natural Mineral Water" (GB 8537-2008) stipulates that the bromate content in natural mineral water ≤ 0.01mg/L. The sampling results showed that the bromate content of the "Bamariang" brand mineral water sampled was 0.016 mg/L. Long-term drinking of natural mineral water with a high content of bromate may have a certain impact on human health.

The International Center for Research on Cancer (IARC) believes that potassium bromate has a carcinogenic effect on laboratory animals, but the carcinogenic effect of bromate on humans is not yet certain, so it lists bromate as a substance that may be carcinogenic to humans.

In view of the unqualified food found in the supervision and sampling inspection, the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision Bureau has instructed the relevant municipal market supervision departments to immediately organize and carry out disposal work, investigate and deal with illegal acts according to law, find out the flow of products, urge enterprises to take measures such as removing and recalling unqualified products from the shelves to control risks, and timely disclose the relevant situation to the public.

Source: The Paper

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