More than a hundred companies engaged in the sale of Chinese goods around the country have been visited in order to determine whether they are complying with the provisions laid down by health authorities for sale of Asian goods with dairy ingredients.
circulars were sent to all regions to be made operational and especially in this kind of establishments where these products have been detected. DEPA recalled 12 Chinese products with milk, which were sold in Panama and Colon, in order to avoid the toxic melamine.
The sale of these products is prohibited under the Panamanian Authority for Food Safety (AUPs) as a preventive measure melamine contamination scandal in China triggered a few weeks ago.
On the other hand, in its regular operating DEPA has found several irregularities. Among the irregularities may be mentioned due to meat products, food packages and mushroom pies and corn tortillas counterfeit veterinary, corn products, no labeling or labeling.
Other irregularities include meal without the nutrients required by law. According to Executive Order 495, December 1997, enriched wheat flour in the country must have a minimum content of nutrients such as thiamine, riboflavin, iron and folic acid. In addition, the use of potassium bromate. The determined 57-05 October 1996, prohibits use in the food industry in the country.
Sources: La Prensa, October 24, 2008, Panama America, October 13, 2008.; Review, October 1, 2008.
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