FDA INSPECTS JAPANESE FOOD IMPORTS AFTER SAUCE SCARE|家樂福"番茄湯底"來自福島 逾千包下架

After soy sauce packets in Natto products were found to be from nuclear disaster affected area in Japan, the Food and Drug Administration headed to the Keelung Customs to take samples from food products imported from Japan. The FDA is currently making a full inspection on Japanese food products or composite food products that come with sauce packets. The result will be announced after the three-day inspection is complete. FDA Director General Chiang Yu-mei led the inspectors to the Keelung Customs to take samples of food products imported from Japan. After soy sauce packets were found to be from one of the nuclear disaster affected areas,a full inspection on Japanese food products is being carried out. ==CHIANG YU-MEI FDA Director General== We used to leave the packets untouched. We did not check on the small packets. Starting from yesterday, all composite food products must be opened and inspected at the border. ==TUNG CHING-HSIN Section Head, FDA Keelung Harbor Office== Additives contained in sea tangle condiment must be inspected. Ramen broth will also be checked. The same also goes for Matcha powder. Pesticide and radiation inspections will be carried out. If place of origins is not indicated in sauce packets, importers will be required to submit additional documents after the border inspection. Importers are also called upon to take preventive measures to recall their products if labels are ambiguous. In Tainan so far, inspectors have found three items from the banned areas in Japan. ==LIN SHENG-CHE, Dir, Department of Health, Tainan City Government== In the absence of a Chinese label, the importer can be fined between NT$30,000 and NT$3 million. If the product is from banned area and exceeds the radiation standard, a fine between NT$60,000 and NT$200 million will be issued. The FDA samples 15% of the food products imported from Japan and will inspect and check the first batch of those imported to Taiwan for the first time. The FDA stressed again that food products from the five prefectures affected by the nuclear accident are banned in Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 食藥署長姜郁美親自坐鎮，到基隆港海關，開貨櫃採樣日本進口食品，在納豆附的醬油包被查出來自日本核災縣市之後，現在將全面稽查日本食品或附有配料的日本複合式食品，預計三天內稽查完畢。 ==食藥署長 姜郁美== 以前我們是 不會破壞它的小包裝 去做檢查內部所附的 小醬料包 從昨天開始 我們已經在邊境 全部進行所有的複合式商品的話 一定要開包做檢驗 ==食藥署基隆港辦公室科長 董靜馨== 昆布調味料它必須檢測添加物 然後還有拉麵湯頭 它要做查核的動作 還有一個就是抹茶粉 我們要進行農藥的檢測 跟一個輻射的檢測 由於目前內附醬包，國際間並未強制標示產地，邊境檢查開箱後，發現沒有標示醬料包、調味料等產地者，需要後續補件，否則無法輸台。食藥署也要求進口商，如果內外包裝標示產地不一，就先預防性下架。到9號為止，台南市稽查54家、937件產品，其中有3件來自核災五縣市，將加強取締。 ==台南市衛生局長 林聖哲== (沒有)中文標示是 裁罰是3萬到300萬 但是它如果裡面 有核災的相關食品 是超過輻射的標準的話 那就是罰6萬到2億 針對日本食品進口，目前食藥署抽驗比例為15%。針對首次輸台的日本食品，第一批一定會抽驗並檢查產地，加強把關，也再次強調，目前日本福島核災五縣市的食品，禁止輸台，抽查完畢後，將對外公佈結果。 記者 林欣儀 蔣龍祥 吳嘉堡 台北報導