進口食品中規定外色素使用現況調查

COLOR ADDITIVES OF IMPORTED FOOD PRODUCTS IN TAIWAN

自從關稅降低，台幣升值，台灣的人民愈來愈富有，街上充斥著各種進口的商品，食品也不例外地佔了一席之地。由於各國對核准使用著色劑之規定不盡相同，故在各種進口食品中所使用著色劑顯然有未能符合我國之規定者。本局曾於72年6月1及74年9月至75年5月間對進口食品使用著色劑的情形進行調查，分別發現約有4%及8.5%不符合規定，其中以Acid Red, Amaranth, Carmoisine及某種我國規定外黃色色素使用率較高。為進一步瞭解進口食品中規定外色素使用現況，於78年度針對這個問題進行調查。

This report summarized the analysed results of 134 imported food items sampled during September 1988 to May 1989. The detecting methods of coloring agents were performed according to CNS and Japanese Standard Methods of Analysis for Hygienic Chemists procedures. Most of the food products collected at the present study were candy related. Senventeen (17) products out of 134 food samples were found to use natural coloring agents, while the rest of food products (117) were detected containing artificial colors. The samples using artificial additives showed that the rate of 20.5% (24 / 117) was containing the food color prohibited in Taiwan. The most common used illegal or prohibited colors were Acid Red and a unknown yellow color. The majority of food products using these prohibited colors were mainly imported from Japan and European countries.