Foreign milk powder was again waterloo due to quality problems. Because its 1-stage milk powder was detected with vanillin, Abbott was administratively punished by the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > Abbott milk powder was fined more than 9 million yuan for containing vanillin</h1>
According to a batch of administrative penalty information released by the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, Abbott Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was administratively punished by the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau on May 6 for producing and operating food and food additives contaminated by packaging materials, containers, means of transport, etc. The penalty content is confiscation of goods, confiscation of illegal gains of 3.4374 million yuan, and a fine of 9.0931 million yuan.
According to the penalty information, on December 1, 2020, the sampling personnel of the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration conducted a supervision and sampling inspection of the "Abbott Platinum Youen Meili Infant Formula 0-6 Month Age 1 Stage" (batch number: 18042NT, production date: June 3, 2020, specification: 900g/can, manufacturer: Abbott Ireland) operated by the company and imported and distributed by the parties.
After inspection by Ningbo Customs Technical Center, the measured value of the vanillin project of the above batch of products was 171.6 μg/kg, "after sampling inspection, the vanillin project did not meet the requirements of GB 2760-2014 "National Standard for Food Safety and Use Standard for Food Additives", and the inspection conclusion was unqualified" After being re-inspected by the Shanghai Institute of Quality Supervision and Inspection Technology, it was still judged to be "non-conforming".
It is reported that the reason for the unqualified vanillin of the above batch of products is that abbott Ireland's irish factory (Abbott Ireland) did not clean the production pipeline thoroughly when changing the production line, resulting in the residual vanillin contained in the previous product in the production pipeline, resulting in the contamination of the vanillin components of the above batch of products.
It is reported that a total of 45,078 cans of imported products have been imported, and 44,306 cans have been sold, 80 cans of various types of losses, and 692 cans of inventory. At present, 15533 cans of the above batch of products have been recalled. The recall and inventory of the above batch of products totaled 16,225 cans. After a third-party audit, the total value of the goods in this case was 9,093,140.58 yuan, and the total illegal gains were 3,437,407.29 yuan.
According to public information, vanillin has the aroma of vanilla bean and rich milk aroma, and the aroma of ethyl vanillin is 3-4 times that of vanillin. These two common food additives are widely used in a variety of flavored foods that require increased milk aroma, especially dairy products, baked goods, beverages and cooking oils. According to the requirements of the standard, vanillin, ethyl vanillin will not cause health hazards to the human body, but a large amount of vanillin intake will lead to dizziness, nausea and other symptoms, and in severe cases, liver and kidney damage.
The National Standard for Food Safety and the Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB 2760-2014) stipulate that no cooking spices shall be added to infant formula food from 0 to 6 months, and vanillin, ethyl vanillin and vanilla bean extract (extract) can be used in formula foods for larger infants and young children, and the corresponding maximum dosage is 5mg/100mL, 5mg/100mL and is used in an appropriate amount according to production needs.
Industry experts believe that although there is no safety risk to the use of fragrance within the prescribed metering, because breast milk does not contain fragrance, it is not necessary to add flavor to 2 or 3 infant formula milk powder. The reason why enterprises add flavor is mainly to enhance the sweet smell of milk powder, which is not conducive to the cultivation of the baby's light taste. Consumers can check whether flavor ingredients have been added from the product packaging ingredient list.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="50" > responded that very small amounts of vanillin are not harmful to the health of infants and young children</h1>
On May 16, in response to the penalty for the detection of trace amounts of vanillin in milk powder, Abbott publicly responded to the media that a single batch of Abbott Platinum Youenmeili formula milk powder 1 stage 900 grams of product (product batch 18042NT, production date June 3, 2020) was detected in the sampling test of the State Administration for Market Regulation in December 2020, and the very small amount of vanillin detected in the batch of products was not harmful to the health of infants and young children.
Abbott said that the company attaches great importance to this, took the initiative to carry out a recall action, and actively cooperated with the relevant government departments to complete the recovery of all the batches of products left in the market. We apologize for the inconvenience caused to consumers by this matter, and if consumers have the batch of products, they can call the official service hotline for return and exchange consultation, and the company will actively and properly handle related matters.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Abbott Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has been subject to administrative penalties. According to the information of Tianyancha, Abbott Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has a total of 8 administrative penalties, with a total penalty amount of 11.471211 million yuan, most of which are for publishing illegal advertisements.
On December 24, 2020, Abbott violated the provisions of Article 18, Paragraph 1, Item (2) of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China to publish an advertisement for health food, and was fined 116,000 yuan by the Shanghai Xuhui District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and ordered to stop publishing.
On October 12, 2020, Abbott violated Article 46 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China by publishing advertisements without review, and was fined 1,948,071,151 yuan by the Shanghai Yangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and ordered to stop publishing.
On March 22, 2019, the Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision Bureau fined 200,000 yuan by the Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision Bureau for violating Article 17 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China by involving disease treatment functions in advertisements, as well as the use of medical terms or terms that are easy to confuse the goods being marketed with drugs and medical devices.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="51" > foreign milk powder was frequently fined for "adding incense"</h1>
In the milk powder industry, there is a saying called "flavoring", that is, adding vanillin. It is worth noting that in recent years, some foreign milk powder has frequently been named and notified by the regulatory authorities for detecting vanillin.
On November 6, 2020, the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued the 47th food safety supervision and sampling information announcement of the same year, showing that a batch of Xibao Beixi infant formula milk powder (0-6 months old, 1 paragraph) was detected to be not compliant with the national food safety standards;
At that time, the German Xibao issued a statement saying, "After internal investigation, the reason for this situation was the temporary adjustment of the production plan of the factory, and the spray drying tower of the factory produced other products containing vanillin before arranging this batch, which was an accidental incident."
In the same month, the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued the "Notice on the Risk Control of 1 Batch of Unqualified Food", showing that "Convedo Hollery Infant Formula 0-6 months old 1 stage" (specification: 900 g / can, production date: 2019-08-19) was detected vanillin and ethyl vanillin ingredients.
Source: Consumer Reporting Comprehensive Beijing Business Daily, Economic Observer, etc