冷藏調理食品中防腐劑之調查

USE OF PRESERVATIVES IN COLD STORAGE FOODS IN TAIWAN

本調查之目的為瞭解市售冷藏（0-5℃）調理食品所使用之防腐劑種類以確保國民健康，防腐劑檢驗種類包括苯甲酸（Benzoic Acid）, 對羫苯甲酸（p-Hydroxy Benzoic Acid）及其酯類，己二烯酸（Sorbic Acid），去水醋酸（Dehydroacetic Acid），水楊酸（Salicylic Acid）。自75年8月至76年5月以隨機取樣方式在全省各地共購得316件檢體（表二），若依採樣地區分，台北市超級市場80件，台中市及高雄市超級市場各70件，及苗栗縣，台中縣，台中市，南投縣，彰化縣，雲林縣等六縣市之零售市場各16件。

The survey was conducted during the period of August 1986 to May 1987 to detect the present of preservatives in the cold storage foods in Taiwan. The food additives under investigation were salicylic acid,p-hydroxybenzoic acid and its related esters, benzoic acid, sorbic acid and dehydroacetic acid. A total number of 316 samples was collected from supermarkets and traditional retailer around The Island. The results showed that 145 out of 316 samples (45.9%) of cold storage foods were contained preservative in single or combined usage, however only 27 samples (all local products) of them were found using prohibited additive (8.5%). The survey also indicated that the goods in supermarkets under better cold storing conditions and with well-known brand were much more reliable than traditional retail stores in terms of the content of food preservatives.