Taiwan expert: Plasticizer DEHP is 20 times more toxic than melamine

Taiwan Textiles May 30th, DEAP, a plasticizer, hit Taiwan's food industry. Sun Weixi, a professor at National Taiwan University Food Research Institute, said today (30th) that DEHP is 20 times more toxic than melamine, and that 1 person drinking 1 cup of 500cc with DEHP drinks has exceeded The maximum daily food intake is the most serious food poisoning incident she has seen in 30 years!

Today’s news reports that NTU held a “public opinion on food safety by adding plasticizers” at the National Taiwan University Public Forum. Sun Xixi said that according to the Taiwan Food Hygiene Management Law, there are currently 17 major categories of food additives in Taiwan, and there is no single class of cloud additives. Because the clouding agent is a compound food additive, various countries use different cloud formulas, and most of them are blended with gum arabic, emulsifier, vegetable oil and various food additives.

She said that because food is mostly water-soluble, in order to allow the oil-soluble ingredients to enter the water-based system, the industry must use emulsifiers or emulsions to make the beverage look cloudy and eat better; There is no problem with the clouding agent itself, which is caused by the fact that non-shadow manufacturers used one type of DEHP (phthalate diester) as a clouding agent.

Lin Jieliang, director of the Department of Clinical Toxicology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, Lincui, said that DEHP is 3.5 times more toxic than melamine and describes it as a Taiwan version of the melamine ammonium event. Sun Yuxi said that the DEHP is 20 times more toxic than melamine, which is her The worst food poisoning incident seen in 30 years.