Want China Times, Xinhua 2014-08-19
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| People shop for baby food at a mall in Yinchuan, Ningxia province. (File photo/Xinhua) |
Food safety
authorities in east China's Zhejiang province said they have sealed 614 boxes
of baby cereal products made by US food giant HJ Heinz after they were found to
contain excessive levels of lead.
Excessive
levels of lead were found in 400-gram boxes of AD Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal
with batch number 20140413 during a regular food inspection in the second
quarter, said the Zhejiang Provincial Food and Drug Administration on Monday.
Food safety
staff launched a special inspection of 303 food vendors in the province. The
sealed products include 483 boxes from two trade companies in the provincial
capital of Hangzhou and 131 from retailers.
The
provincial food watchdog has asked the company to cooperate with the
investigation, provide the cause of the contamination, and handle compensation
for consumers.
In a
statement issued Friday, Heinz made an apology to consumers over the scandal
and said its own investigation showed materials in one batch of degreased
soybean cereal used in the product contained varying levels of the chemical.
The company
has started recalling products with batch number 20140413, as well as three
other batches with numbers 20140414, 20140508 and 20140509, which used the same
degreased soybean cereal, as a preventative measure.
According
to the company, the contaminated products totaled 1,472 boxes in Zhejiang. By
Aug. 10, it had recalled 153 boxes from retailers and sealed them in the
company's storehouse in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province.
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