China
July-16th-2009, 03:42 PM
Goat penis bacteria adds to food safety scare (http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=50775)
Ho Chi Minh City destroyed nearly 1.5 tons of goat penis contaminated with bacteria Wednesday in the latest chapter of Vietnam’s food safety saga, which has seen putrid pork and rotten beef flood local markets.
On Sunday, district inspectors found NDT Company in Tan Binh District had imported large quantities of the product from Australia.
The shipments were labeled as inedible and not for human use.
Nguyen Thi Thu Nga, chief inspector of the HCMC Animal Health Agency, said the products were contaminated with bacteria, including Salmonella and E.Coli, and also failed to meet other food safety criteria.
However, inspectors said 47 of the 72 boxes imported had been sold as food. The inspectors issued fines against the company for trading animal products contaminated with bacteria.
A representative of NDT Company said the product had been imported from Australia on April 13 and that the 72 boxes had been approved as food by the Animal Health Agency Zone VI.
The case is not uncommon.
Concerned agencies have reported an increase of tainted animal products imported from other countries for resell as food in HCMC recently.
Last week, inspectors in Binh Chanh District found another 855 kilograms of goat’s penis in storage at a QT-VT Company warehouse.
They have confiscated 57 boxes of 15 kilograms each. The company said they had sold 23 other boxes.
Inspectors said the products had also been labeled as not for human food but had been approved to be sold for the purpose.
Bacteria: tastes like chicken
Early this month, inspectors from the HCMC Animal Health Agency found more than five tons of bacteria-contaminated chicken wings that had been sold out of a Truc Den Company store on Ta Quang Buu Street in District 8.
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Ho Chi Minh City destroyed nearly 1.5 tons of goat penis contaminated with bacteria Wednesday in the latest chapter of Vietnam’s food safety saga, which has seen putrid pork and rotten beef flood local markets.
On Sunday, district inspectors found NDT Company in Tan Binh District had imported large quantities of the product from Australia.
The shipments were labeled as inedible and not for human use.
Nguyen Thi Thu Nga, chief inspector of the HCMC Animal Health Agency, said the products were contaminated with bacteria, including Salmonella and E.Coli, and also failed to meet other food safety criteria.
However, inspectors said 47 of the 72 boxes imported had been sold as food. The inspectors issued fines against the company for trading animal products contaminated with bacteria.
A representative of NDT Company said the product had been imported from Australia on April 13 and that the 72 boxes had been approved as food by the Animal Health Agency Zone VI.
The case is not uncommon.
Concerned agencies have reported an increase of tainted animal products imported from other countries for resell as food in HCMC recently.
Last week, inspectors in Binh Chanh District found another 855 kilograms of goat’s penis in storage at a QT-VT Company warehouse.
They have confiscated 57 boxes of 15 kilograms each. The company said they had sold 23 other boxes.
Inspectors said the products had also been labeled as not for human food but had been approved to be sold for the purpose.
Bacteria: tastes like chicken
Early this month, inspectors from the HCMC Animal Health Agency found more than five tons of bacteria-contaminated chicken wings that had been sold out of a Truc Den Company store on Ta Quang Buu Street in District 8.
Click on the link for the full article