Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Taizhou Port returned imported 10,000 tons of benzene exceeded the rapeseed oil

 BEIJING, Feb. 14 Taizhou, Xinhua (Zhousheng Tao Liu Jing) 14, a reporter from Taizhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau was informed of rapeseed oil exported to China from Canada was detected in toluene, xylene content exceeded, do not meet the relevant food hygiene in China standard requirements, the successful implementation returned.

inspection batch weight of more than 10,000 tons of rapeseed oil, the value of $ 13,000,000, for the Canadian exporter, the consignee for the International Oil Trading Co., Ltd. Shanghai Jin Tai, Hong Kong off the ship berthing pier unloading Taizhou .

Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Jiangsu Province, received a batch of the gross consumption of rapeseed oil may be affected by benzene, toluene, xylene, chemical pollution of the business class reported drinking in the Jiangsu provincial bureau and Zhangjiagang Inspection and Quarantine Office of the Commissioner under the guidance of Taizhou Inspection and Quarantine detailed program and start doing to prepare emergency plans.

on board the vessel inspection process, inspectors conduct on-site health investigation, investigate and understand the voyage the ship is loaded on the three types of goods, the voyage of the type and quantity of goods loaded, clean the cabin before loading, sterilization conditions, tank inspection port of loading inspection certificate.

ship log shows: The first three cruises have been loading chemicals such as toluene and xylene. According to the sampling program, the 12 inspectors of rapeseed oil was extracted from hair compartment on the bottom of the sample, and send the sample taken Bureau of Taizhou, Zhangjiagang and comprehensive technical center for testing.

overtime after 2 days of continuous comparison of the results showed that the 12 tanks have different levels of toluene, xylene residue. Benzene compounds have been identified as the World Health Organization strongly carcinogenic substance, benzene can cause leukemia and aplastic anemia have also been recognized by the medical profession. According to Referrals by the step by step after the implementation of the batch of rapeseed oil returned. Since then, AQSIQ issued a warning to inform the national system.

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