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FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

FOOD SAFETY QUALITY DIVISION (FSQ)

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BADRUZZAMAN BIN ABDUL RAHIM

PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (DOMESTIC COMPLIANCE)

FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY DIVISION

MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA

17TH MAY 2012

� FOOD ACT 1983

� FOOD REGULATIONS 1985

� FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS 2009

� FOOD REGULATIONS (ISSUANCE OF HEALTH

CERTIFICATE FOR EXPORT OF FISH AND FISH

LAWS/LEGISLATIONS

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CERTIFICATE FOR EXPORT OF FISH AND FISH

PRODUCT TO THE EU) 2009

� FOOD IRRADIATION REGULATIONS

� TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AGAINST HEALTH

HAZARDS AND FRAUD IN THE PREPARATION,

SALE AND THE USE OF FOOD.

COMMON FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

1. Residue of Veterinary Drugs

2. Residue of Pesticides

3. Hygiene status of RTE foods

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4. Formaldehyde in fish

5. Foreign matters

6. Boric acid in pasta

EMERGING FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

1. Melamine in milk crisis - China

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2. DEHP in food products – Taiwan

3. E. coli O104:H4 in sprouts - Germany

Melamine

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The crisis

� 2008, melamine tainted milk killed at least 3 babies, 11 suspected deaths

� Hospitalised 51,900 babies

� Sickened at least 294,000 babies

� Bankrupted the responsible producer

� Massively impacted the entire domestic

MELAMINE CRISIS - CHINA

� Massively impacted the entire domestic industry

� Two executions, one suspended death sentence

� Three life imprisonments, two 15-year jail terms

� Minister removed, senior provincial officials dismissed

� Disrupted international trade

� Severely damaged national reputation

What is melamine?

� A chemical used to produce plastics, glues, high resistance concrete

� Melamine contains 66% nitrogen by mass

� If mixed with resins it has fire retardant properties due to release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred

� Melamine can elevate total nitrogen content of poor quality or diluted products to create false readings in protein tests

• The issue is contained as Malaysia does not import infant formula milk powder sourced from China.

• Precautionary measures:-

ACTION TAKEN

• Precautionary measures:-o Banned imports of infant formula milk products from China

o Imposed Level 6 Examination (Auto Rejection) on all infant formula milk products from China through the Food Safety Information System of Malaysia (FoSIM)

FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY DIVISION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA

ACTION TAKEN

� Extended the Level 6 Examination (Auto-Rejection)

through FoSIM to include milk and milk products

from China.

� Imposed restriction on imports of confections � Imposed restriction on imports of confections

containing milk or milk as an ingredient which

includes chocolates, milk and white chocolates and

other foods that may contain milk imported from

China


� Setting an action level for melamine:

• 1 mg/kg or 1 ppm for infant foods

• 2.5 mg/kg or 2.5 ppm for other foods

ACTION TAKEN

• 2.5 mg/kg or 2.5 ppm for other foods

• Based on action level of other countries such as

Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and

Canada.


DETECTION OF MELAMINE IN

AMMONIUM BICARBONATE

� 5 October 2008 – local press reported Vietnam and Taiwan detected melamine in Malaysian biscuitsbiscuits

� Investigation result:• Leavening agent - ammonium bicarbonate imported from China contained melamine (30-500 ppm)

• Five (5) companies exporting ammonium bicarbonate to Malaysia were implicated


ACTION TAKEN

� Imposed Level 6 Examination (Auto-Rejection) through FoSIM on importation of ammonium bicarbonate from four (4) implicated companies

� Ammonium bicarbonate from China other than the five (5) companies is subject to detention and testing five (5) companies is subject to detention and testing (Level 5 – Hold, Test & Release)

� Ammonium bicarbonate from countries other than China is subjected to surveillance examination (Level 4)


DOMESTIC CONTROL

� Joint action approach with affected biscuit industries

in dealing with melamine contamination:-

i. Recall of affected products with Ministry of Health

(MOH) supervision.

ii. Destruction of affected products with MOH’s

supervision.

iii. For every batch of product produced using the existing

stock of ammonium bicarbonate from China, a

Certificate of Analysis for every batch of the biscuit is

required and is to be submitted to MOH before the

product is allowed for sale


DEHP

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The crisis� 25 May 2011, Centre for Food Safety Hong Kong

reported DEHP contamination in several sports drinks produced by Taiwan.

� MOH immediately imposed Level 6 on 25 May.

DEHP (Di Ethylhexyl Phthalate)

contamination in Taiwan food products

� MOH immediately imposed Level 6 on 25 May.

� DEHP used as plasticisers to manufacture packaging material, plastic bottles etc. Affect male reproductive system and causing testicular damage.

� Subsequently media reported other food affected produced by Taiwan : sports drinks, juices, jelly, jam, yoghurt, and clouding agent.

The crisis

� 30 May 2011, MOH contacted Taiwan Economic and Cultural Centre in Malaysia (TECC) for more information.



� TECC immediately contacted Taiwan FDA to provide information concerning the implicated products exported to Malaysia.

� On the same day TECC notified MOH several implicated food products have been exported to Malaysia.

The crisis

� On the 30 May 2011, MOH contacted the respective companies to recall the products.

� 1 June 2011, the Emergency respond



� 1 June 2011, the Emergency respond & coordination rooms were activated throughout the nation.

� 1 June 2011, started the Ops to samples Taiwan products and local products in the markets and send to SUCXES Laboratory, University Malaya for DEHP analysis.

The crisis

� Up to 14 July 2011, 1,060 samples were taken for DEHP analysis.

� 27 products recalled



� 13 samples found contaminated with DEHP.

The products :

• 12 Taiwan products (used for bubble tea)

• Syrups, Juices, Drinks, Fruit powders, Jam

• 1 Malaysian product (using syrup from Taiwan)

• Collagen drink

The crisis

� Recalled products were destroyed.



E. coli O104:H4

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The incident

� A novel strain of Escherichia coli O104:H4 bacteria caused a

serious outbreak of foodborne illness focused in northern

Germany in May through June 2011.

E. coli O104:H4 in Sprouts

Germany in May through June 2011.

� The illness was characterized by bloody diarrhea, with a high

frequency of serious complications, includinghemolytic-uremic

syndrome (HUS), a condition that requires urgent treatment.

� Caused by an enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) strain that had

acquired the genes to produce Shiga toxins.


The source

• A joint risk-assessment by EFSA/ECDC, issued 29 June

2011, made a connection between the German outbreak and

a HUS outbreak in the Bordeaux area of France, first

reported on 24 June, in which infection with E. coli O104:H4reported on 24 June, in which infection with E. coli O104:H4

has been confirmed in several patients.

• The assessment implicated fenugreek seeds imported

from Egypt in 2009 and 2010, from which sprouts were

grown, as a common source of both outbreaks, but cautioned

that "there is still much uncertainty about whether this is truly

the common cause of the infections", as tests on the seeds

had not yet found any E. coli bacteria of the O104:H4 strain


The affected countries

Country Deaths HUS cases Non-HUS cases

Austria 0 1 4

Canada 0 0 1

Czech Republic 0 0 1

Denmark 0 10 15

France 0 7 10

Germany 48 857 3078

Number of cases reported to the WHO as for 21 July 2011[9]

Germany 48 857 3078

Greece 0 0 1

Luxembourg 0 1 1

Netherlands 0 4 7

Norway 0 0 1

Poland 0 2 1

Spain 0 1 1

Sweden 1 18 35

Switzerland 0 5 0

Total 50 908 3,167

United Kingdom 0 3 4

United States 1 4 2

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES ?

1. Fake eggs - China

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1. Fake eggs - China

2. Recycled Cooking Oil

FURTHER INFORMATION?

http://fsq.moh.gov.my

THANK YOUfor your attention

[email protected]

Tel: 03 8883 3543

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Tel: 03 8883 3543

Faks: 03 8889 3815

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