File photo: Stricter standards for infant foods

中國將嚴管嬰兒食品

據新華社報道，中國衛生部門周日表示，未來將對輔助嬰兒食品中砷、鉛、鎘等有毒金屬的含量實施更為嚴格、更為科學的安全標準。

為此，衛生部已要求專家重新評估這些金屬對嬰兒健康的影響。

另外，中國疾病預防控制中心周日發表聲明表示，我國現今對谷類嬰兒食品中砷、鉛、鎘等有害金屬含量實施的標準嚴于國際食品法典委員會的規定。

國際食品法典委員會對砷和鉛的含量未做規定，而我國對這兩種元素含量的規定均是200毫克/千克。

Stricter standards for infant foods

China's health authority said Sunday the country would impose stricter and more scientific safe limits on toxic metals including arsenic, lead and cadmium in complementary baby foods in the future, Xinhua reports.

The Ministry of Health has asked experts to review the impact of these metals on the infants' health to this end.

In addition, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement Sunday that China now enforces stricter limits on toxic metals including arsenic, lead and cadmium in grain baby foods than the standards set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).

The CAC did not set limits on arsenic and lead, while China allows 200 micrograms of each of these two elements per kilogram.

(China.org.cn April 19, 2011)