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The Consumer Foundation recently announced a sample of 20 rice and non-staple foods for babies and young children, and found 4 cases of heavy metal cadmium exceeding the standard. Among them, the Wangzai nutrition part and pure rice cakes used domestic rice purchased by the Food and Agriculture Administration. The Agriculture Council said yesterday that the public food Rice provided is for general consumption. We are willing to help the industry make special rice for non-staple foods for infants and young children. Today, the Board of Agriculture’s Food and Agriculture Administration stated that if the 0.4 ppm standard for general rice is met, infants under 2 years should not be confused. You cannot eat white rice, “all meals are fine.”

However, toxicologists claimed that according to the tolerable tolerance standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), if children under 2 years of age and normal food intake eat 160 grams of rice a day, if the content of cadmium is 0.4 ppm, as long as you eat for 4 days, that is, more than the monthly tolerable amount.

According to the “Sanitary Standards for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods”, the limit for cadmium in cereal supplementary foods for infants and young children and in non-staple foods for infants and young children is 0.04 ppm. The Consumer Foundation recently announced the results of random inspections, including those of “Yifeng Brown Rice Bran” and “Wang Four pieces of” Zai Nutrition Pure Rice Cakes “,” Sanli Ruer Rice Cakes “,” Xijiayuan Rice Cakes ( brown rice) “, etc. The detected cadmium content is between 0.05 and 0.3 ppm, the highest can exceed the standard by almost 7 times Among them, Yilan Foods pointed out that the raw materials for pure rice crackers Nutritional Wangzai are domestically produced rice purchased by the Food and Agriculture Administration.

Furthermore, Xijiayuan rice cakes are said to be self-produced. The Council of Agriculture declared yesterday in a press conference that it would contact the industry to help control the conditions of the white rice, water and soil.

Su Maoxiang, deputy director of the Agriculture Council’s Food and Agriculture Department, responded today that he will address it later, but since it meets the 0.4ppm standard, there is no urgency, so it will not be tested immediately.

For babies and young children at home who need rice, how should consumers choose for their children in the market? Su Maoxiang stated that the 0.04 ppm non-staple food for infants and young children set by the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare is for “processed rice products” rather than white rice. There is currently no limit standard for cadmium in white rice for infants and young children, only the 0.4 ppm standard for ordinary white rice.

As for babies and toddlers who eat rice that meets the general standard of 0.4 ppm for making porridge or white rice, is that okay? Su Maoxiang emphasized: “Of course it’s okay! White rice is okay, how can white rice not be okay?” It should not be confused that babies and young children cannot eat white rice. All foods are fine, because the standard for white rice is 0.4 ppm.

However, Yang Zhenchang, director of the Department of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, said that the WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has tentatively established the tolerable amount of cadmium allowed per kilogram per person per month by 25 micrograms, such as a person weighing 10 One kilogram of 2-year-old babies means that the intake of cadmium in a month should not exceed 250 micrograms. If the cadmium content of rice is 0.4 ppm, it means that there are 400 micrograms of cadmium in 1000 grams of rice. In conversion, 10 kg of 2-year-old babies 1 If you eat more than 625 grams per month, there will be health risks.

According to Liu Yili, a nutritionist with the Division of Preventive Medicine at Taiwan Adventist Hospital, according to the National Health Administration, children ages 1 to 3 who do moderate exercise are recommended to consume 2 bowls of whole grains a day. If all rice is used, it is recommended for 1 day. Take 2 160 gram bowls of uncooked rice.

“Apple News” calculates based on this, if a 2-year-old 10 kg baby consumes 160 grams of raw rice per day and the cadmium content of the rice reaches 0.4 ppm, the cadmium content will exceed the standard on the fourth day after eating and there are health problems.

Yang Zhenchang explained that this calculation method is the most extreme algorithm, and the JECFA tolerance calculation is based on reference animal experiments, but animals and humans are different, so the tolerance is divided by one hundred to obtain a stricter figure. This also means that if it is really excessive, it does not mean that it is definitely going to be poisoned.

Furthermore, Yang Zhenchang said that there have been no cases of cadmium poisoning in infants and toddlers in Taiwan, because not all foods will allow infants and toddlers to eat rice with a cadmium content of 0.4 ppm, nor can they eat so many meals every day, but this data shows it too. In fact, the question is worth examining. After all, cadmium is not good for the human body. Of course, it is recommended that the risk is not only controlled within an acceptable range, but that the content is as low as possible. It is recommended that all walks of life be able to debate whether there is scope for further repair.

Regarding cadmium poisoning, Yang Zhenchang also said that it takes a lot of food that exceeds the standard to have symptoms such as fractures. However, if parents are concerned about whether the cadmium in children at home is too high, they can go to the hospital for blood and urine tests.

Yan Zonghai, director of the Clinical Toxicology Center at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, explained that about 6% of the cadmium that enters the body is absorbed by the human body. The main organs that damage the kidneys and bones are the kidneys and bones. In the long term, spontaneous chondrosis and fractures will occur. “.

Zhou Peiru, Jian Ren and Jizheng from the Food Section of the Food and Drug Administration said that domestic conditions are different from those in foreign countries. Many children have a habit of eating porridge. In addition to recommending spreading risk and eating more food in different ways, the agency advises some experts on the risk of heavy metal content. You may also consider related risk assessments for future adjustments to detection standards or labels.

(Chen Yiwen, Huang Zhongqiu, Xu Zhijia / Taipei Report)