Chinese rice products subject to emergency measures
The Food Standards Agency has announced that emergency measures are to be placed on rice or rice products imported from China.
Under regulations from the European Commission, rice from the country must be tested for the presence of the unauthorised genetically modified organism Bt36.
The agency has released a Food Alert for Action as the measures come into place on April 15th.
Rice products from China will only be allowed into the European Union (EU) if there is a report alongside the product from an accredited laboratory that stated there is no trace of Bt36, or if the food is tested on its entry into the EU and is found not to contain the organism.
Professor Andrew Meharg of Aberdeen University recently told the Telegrapgh that there are dangerous levels of arsenic in rice sold on supermarket shelves in the UK.
He noted that China – which has the strictest standards of arsenic levels in rice – would classify the products as harmful to one’s health.
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