In the early morning of June 30, an entry about Maiquer quickly rose to the top of Weibo’s hot searches.
According to China Quality News: Recently, the Qingyuan County Market Supervision Bureau of Zhejiang Province announced the results of the fourth food sampling inspection in 2022. In this issue, two batches of pure milk produced by the nominal Maiquer Group Co., Ltd. were found to be unqualified, and the unqualified items were propylene glycol .
Xinjiang Maiquer Pure Milk Unqualified Propylene glycol is a low-toxic additive. Long-term excessive consumption may cause kidney disorders. Some experts say that after a person eats propylene glycol, about 45% will be excreted unchanged through the kidneys, and the rest will be metabolized into lactic acid in the body.
If the amount of consumption is too large, the lactic acid produced cannot be excreted in time and will accumulate in the blood and kidneys, leading to poisoning. It mainly affects the nervous system , causing slowed breathing, lowered heart rate, loss of consciousness, etc.
According to analysis by industry insiders, in addition to selling pure milk, there is also a " milk beer " drink. It is possible that during the factory production process, there are shared pipes, and when switching products, the pipes were not thoroughly cleaned, causing propylene glycol to be mixed into pure milk.
Many people may be panicking, fearing that this is a replica of the melamine incident. There are some differences between this incident and the melamine incident. Melamine is not a food additive at all and is not allowed to be used in any food. Propylene glycol is a food additive allowed by the state, but it is not allowed to be added to pure milk.
According to enterprise Chacha , 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 of holiday foods and other products and processing. The main products of the subsidiaries of
include more than 400 varieties of "Maiqier" dairy products series, baked food series, quick-frozen rice and noodle food series.
In addition, there is a Maiquer flagship store on the third-party e-commerce platform, with more than 200,000 fans.
" National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Usage Standard " stipulates that the functions of propylene glycol are stabilizers and coagulants, anti-caking agents , thickeners, etc. The maximum usage amount of propylene glycol in pastries is 3 g/kg.
The safety standard for propylene glycol set by the International Joint Expert Group on Food Additives is: daily intake of no more than 25 mg per kilogram of body weight.
Propylene glycol is generally added from two sources. It is used as an additive (GB 2760) to stabilize surfactant functions such as defoaming and solidification, and its application range is relatively small. The source of the wider application range of
is that propylene glycol is the most commonly used water-soluble liquid flavor base (solvent) (GB 30616).
As of press time, the topic has been read more than 30 million times. Some netizens commented: "I just drank two boxes and my mentality collapsed." Another netizen said, "Not only did I drink it, I also gave it to my two-year-old baby."
I just drank a box of Maiqule milk. Will it be poisoned?
Based on a dose of 25mg/kg, 78mg per kilogram of body weight is the upper limit. This doesn't add up to a sufficient dose. Again, talking about toxicity regardless of dose is just a hooligan! Not to mention whether the milk you purchased is from the problematic batch, the propylene glycol in the two batches of milk will not cause harm (so those who have drank it do not need to worry about poisoning).
Maiquer responded that the company is currently conducting large-scale inspections and random inspections on many batches of products, involving multiple channels and categories, and the specific results have not yet been released.
