臺灣地區食醋工廠之現況調查

A SURVEY ON VINEGAR FACTORIES IN TAIWAN AREA

為瞭解食醋工廠之製造情形及品管檢驗能力，本調查針對臺灣地區35家食醋，工廠進行實地調查訪問。經調查結果，釀造食醋工廠計有17家，其中8家並同時生產合成食醋，僅製造合成食醋之工廠有18家。除二家釀造食醋工廠及一家合成烏醋工廠頗具規模外，其餘均為家庭式小工廠。抽驗檢體78件，其中釀造食醋17件，不合乎國家標準者有12件；合成食醋9件，均不符合國家標準；冰醋酸檢體26件中有20件（占76.9％）不合乎食品添加物規格標準。 In order to understand the condition and the quality control of vinegar manufacture, 35 vinegar factories all over the Taiwan area were surveyed. The survey showed that there were 17 Vinegar by Fermentation factories and 18 artificial vinegar factories, among them eight factories manufactured vinegar by both methods. All were small factories except two Vinegar by Fermentation factories and one artificial vinegar factory. Seventy-eight samples were examined. The results showed that 12 of the 17 samples of Vinegar by Fermentation and all of the 29 samples of artificial vinegar didn't meet the national standards. The main raw material of artifical vinegar was glacial acetic acid and 20 of the 26 glacial acetic and samples failed to meet the hygienic standard of food additions.