Regarding "Pure milk detected propylene glycol " , on the evening of the 3rd, Maiquer released the latest response.
html On the 13th, Maiquer released the "Communication Letter on the Progress of the Verification of "Maiqier Pure Milk Unqualified"" (hereinafter referred to as the "Communication Letter") on its official WeChat.
In the "Letter of Communication", Maiquer admitted, "This incident reflects that our company has serious deficiencies in production management and quality control. Our company's management expresses its concern to the society for the troubles this incident has caused to all parties. All parties solemnly apologize! "
Regarding propylene glycol, Maiquer said: "According to our company's preliminary investigation, the unqualified products were caused by Our company failed to effectively produce the two categories of pure milk and modified milk. The residual modified milk in the cleaning product can line has caused legal food additives (containing propylene glycol) in the modified milk to be mixed into pure milk. ”
Maiquer also said that the company will actively cooperate with the government’s investigation and rectification in the next step and take various measures. Strengthen management. Including:
. Immediate removal and sealing of unqualified products from the shelves, and recall of unqualified products that have been put on the market;
, For consumers who purchase unqualified pure milk, Maiquer promises unconditional refunds and assumes legal responsibility;
, In the subsequent pure milk production process, special tanks and special production will be adopted to ensure that the possibility of other ingredients being mixed during the production switching process is completely eliminated;
. The Maiquer production base will add testing equipment and testing items for pure milk to increase Special testing of propylene glycol;
. Effectively implement the interview requirements of the regulatory authorities, and batches of pure milk will be sent for inspection in the future.
In response, some netizens expressed doubts about the "mixing of residual modulated milk", while others said, "I like Maierqu pure milk and really hope that Maierqu will strictly abide by the quality control."
In addition, some consumers said they encountered problems when making refunds. Some people reported that customer service repeatedly refused refunds. Some netizens posted screenshots of the e-commerce platform, showing the reasons for the rejection. If you receive two testing batches, you can return them unconditionally. Payment, other batches cannot be accepted temporarily. However, some people said that they had successfully refunded their money and said that they could seek intervention from platform customer service.
According to news from the State Administration for Market Regulation on July 3, regarding the detection of propylene glycol in 2 batches of pure milk produced by Xinjiang Maiquer Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Maiquer Company), the State Administration for Market Regulation attached great importance to it and supervised it immediately. The Xinjiang Market Supervision Bureau launched an investigation into Maiquer Company and dealt with it in accordance with the law. Xinjiang Market Supervision Bureau and Changji Market Supervision Bureau immediately organized an investigation into Maiquer Company and carried out random inspections of products. After preliminary investigation and analysis, propylene glycol was detected in Maiquer pure milk, indicating that the company used food beyond the scope of during the production process. Caused by additive flavors.
According to the provisions of " National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives " (GB 2760-2014) and "National Food Safety Standard for Food Flavors" (GB 30616-2020), propylene glycol is an approved food additive and is also allowed to be used. synthetic flavors for food and solvents allowed to be used in food flavors. The maximum usage amounts of the food additive propylene glycol in wet and raw noodle products and pastries are 1.5 g/kg and 3.0 g/kg respectively. Propylene glycol must not be used in pure milk.
The State Administration for Market Regulation organized a random inspection of 23 batches of samples of pure milk produced by 14 companies with high market shares and pure milk produced by Maiquer Company. The results showed that only 6 batches of pure milk produced by Maiquer Company were inspected. Propylene glycol was detected in pure milk, with the detection value ranging from 0.264g/kg to 0.363g/kg.
The State Administration for Market Regulation requires the Xinjiang Market Supervision Bureau to find out the illegal facts of Maiquer Company as soon as possible, strictly investigate and deal with it in accordance with the law, and announce the investigation results in a timely manner.
After propylene glycol was detected, the stock price dropped to the limit
A product had previously been found to be substandard
On June 29, the China Quality News Network in charge of the State Administration for Market Regulation released news that the Market Supervision Bureau of Qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province announced The 4th period of food sampling inspection in 2022, Among them, two batches of pure milk produced by Maiquer failed. The unqualified item was propylene glycol, and the standard requirement was that it should not be used.
html On the 130th, the topic "Maiquer Pure Milk Fails to Qualify" once topped the list of hot searches on Weibo. At that time, many netizens said, "This is the pure milk that I think is the best tasting. I drink it as water every day." "It's embarrassing to get caught in the first purchase."
On that day, Maiquer's opening price fell by the limit. The Shenzhen Stock Exchange also issued a letter of concern, requiring Maiquer to explain the specific situation of the relevant food sampling and inspection results, and to self-examine whether other batches of the company's products have the above problems or other quality problems. As of the close of trading on July 1, Maiquer was trading at 8.01 yuan per share.
Information shows that Maiquer Group Co., Ltd. is a modern food processing enterprise, based on the mid-to-high-end field of the food industry, with dairy manufacturing and baking chains as its core business formats, supplemented by the research and development and processing of holiday foods and other products. The main products of the company's subsidiaries include "Maiqier" dairy products series, baked food series, quick-frozen rice and noodle food series and more than 400 varieties.
According to reports, the brown sugar custard cake produced by Maiquer was also found to be substandard last year. On October 29, 2021, Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation issued an announcement on food safety supervision and sampling information in 2021 (Issue 47, 2021). Among them, the brown sugar produced by Maiquer (Beijing) Food Co., Ltd. is nominally Fresh custard cake (120g/box, 20210419), the coliform bacteria do not meet the national food safety standards. The inspection agency is Beijing Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute.
Public information shows that coliform bacteria are one of the commonly used indicators of food contamination at home and abroad. The detection of coliform bacteria in food and tableware indicates that there is a greater possibility of contamination by intestinal pathogenic bacteria.
What should I do if I drank milk containing propylene glycol?
According to China Fund News, in the 17th report of the 1974 FAO /WHO Expert Committee, the ADI value (tolerable daily intake) of propylene glycol was given, which refers to the daily intake of humans or animals. The dose at which a chemical substance has no known adverse effects on health) is 25 mg/kg.
Based on an adult weighing 60 kilograms, he needs to drink 5 liters of milk with a detected propylene glycol content of 0.32g/kg per day to reach this daily allowable intake. So even friends who have drank milk containing propylene glycol don’t need to be too anxious.
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Yun Wuxin, a doctor of food and a well-known popular science author, posted on social platforms that based on the "toxicity-dose" relationship of propylene glycol and the allowable dosage in other foods, the propylene glycol in these two batches of milk will not cause harm. So those who have drank it don’t have to worry about being poisoned.
Gu Zhongyi, director of the Beijing Nutritionist Association , said that the current scope of use of propylene glycol does not include milk. The relevant regulations are very clear and there is no dispute. There are compliance issues. "But non-compliance cannot be directly related to poisoning." Equal sign ". Some media reported that experts warned that although propylene glycol is a low-toxic additive, long-term excessive consumption may cause kidney disorders. Regarding this, Gu Zhongyi said that this must be under the condition of high dosage. Judging from the current official test results and propylene glycol safety standards, the actual harm of these two milks is not great.
Editor丨Zhang Yajing Comprehensive reporter Lin Yuwei, China Fund News, China Quality News Network, Daily Economic News, etc. Pictures丨Visual China, Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation website, Oriental Fortune screenshots, Weibo screenshots, Sina Weibo@ Maiquer Dairy, WeChat screenshot
