By Wu Liang-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAA shipment of 972kg of camelia oil imported from China has been found to contain excessive residual traces of benzo[a]pyrene, a known carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
A shipment of 972kg of camelia oil imported from China has been found to contain excessive residual traces of benzo[a]pyrene, a known carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
The shipment would be returned or destroyed, the agency said.
Benzo[a]pyrene is a Group 1 carcinogen. Additive oils, flavoring powder, oil packs in instant noodles and frying oils are scanned for the substance, the agency said, citing the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
You Jun Co (友俊) imported the camelia oil, which was found to contain benzo[a]pyrene at a concentration of 2.88 micrograms per kilogram, exceeding Taiwan’s 0.8 micrograms per kilogram limit,