Infant milk powder trans fatty acids meet the standard

Yesterday, the State Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement that domestically-acquired and imported infant milk powders contain trans-fatty acids, but the content is in line with national standards. According to the introduction, according to Codex regulations, trans fats for infant formula milk should not exceed 3% of the total fat content.

Some of the infant milk powders reported for the media contain trans-fatty acids. Yesterday, the State Food and Drug Administration stated that in recent years, the national food safety supervision department has been using infant formula milk powder as a key product for food safety risk monitoring and risk investigation. 15007 infant formula samples were monitored, of which 10187 samples were monitored for total fatty acids and trans fatty acids. The monitoring results showed that the detection value of trans-fatty acids in domestic infant formula milk powder was 0.019g-0.574g/100g, and the highest content of trans-fatty acids did not exceed 3% of total fatty acids, in line with the "national food safety standards infant formula food" The "National Food Safety Standard for Larger Infants and Young Children Formulated Foods" and the Codex Alimentarius Commission "Infant Formula Food" standards.

The State Food and Drug Administration also pointed out that 197 imported infant formula milk powder samples were tested. All samples tested contained trans-fatty acids. The detection value was 0.024g-0.367g/100g. Similarly, it conforms to relevant national standards.

"Trans-fatty acids are an intrinsic component of mammalian milk. There is no data to prove that the natural trans-fatty acids in milk have an adverse health effect." Yesterday, the director of the National Dairy Center and Professor Jiang Yu-jun pointed out that trans-fatty acids are found in breast milk and milk. All of them exist naturally. Some literature shows that the content of trans-fatty acids in milk accounts for about 4%-9% of total fatty acids, and trans-fatty acids in mother's milk account for about 2%-7% of total fatty acids. The so-called brands in infants and young children It is false and unscientific to detect trans fatty acids in formula milk powder.