食品伙伴網7月31日報道，據歐盟食品安全局（EFSA）官網于7月30日發布的消息稱，ESFA發表了有關食品和動物飼料中的非二英類多氯聯苯的含量報告。2002年，歐盟委員會發表了一份行動清單，以減少二惡英和多氯聯苯在食品和飼料中的存在，并建議會員國監察相關情況。這份報告是基于1999年到2008年，來自歐盟18個成員國及冰島和挪威和11214份食物樣品和1349份飼料樣品的的研究數據編寫而成的，它是對之前的關于二英及二英類多氯聯苯報告的后續。
多氯聯苯（PCBs）是一種廣泛存在的于環境和人體中的難降解的有機化工產品。雖然上世紀80年代以來，大多數國家都停止了生產和使用PCBs，但電氣設備、塑料制品、建筑材料中仍大量含有。而且多氯聯苯可以被釋放到環境中，除了意外事故、職業接觸以外，人們接觸PCBs主要是通過食物途徑。國際癌癥研究機構已把多氯聯苯列為可能致癌的物質。
在7月30日歐盟食品安全局發布的報告中稱，污染程度最高的食品為魚及魚肉制品，其次是原料奶及乳制品，蛋及蛋制品，在水果蔬菜中的污染水平最低。而在動物飼料中，含有魚類相關產品的污染最嚴重，例如魚油。
歐盟食品安全局建議足夠數量對每種食物和飼料進行連續的隨機樣本測試，以確保可以準確評估和監測多氯聯苯在食品鏈中的存在。
本報道由食品伙伴網編譯整理，僅供食品行業相關人士參考，詳細內容以國外原文報道為準。
原文地址：http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/datex100730.htm
原文報道：EFSA publishes data on levels of PCBs in food
News Story
30 July 2010
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a report on the levels of non dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in food and animal feed. In 2002, the European Commission issued a list of actions to be taken to reduce the presence of dioxins and PCBs in food and feed and recommended that Member States monitor the situation.
The report, which was prepared by EFSA’s Data Collection and Exposure unit (DATEX), is based on a total of 11,214 food and 1,349 feed samples collected from 18 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway between 1999 and 2008. It follows a report on dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs published earlier this year[1] .
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a widespread class of persistent organic chemicals that accumulate in the environment and in humans. They are associated with a broad spectrum of health effects. Although the production and use of PCBs have been discontinued in most countries since the 1980s, large amounts remain in electrical equipment, plastic products and building materials.
PCBs can be released into the environment and people are exposed to them mainly through food, with the exception of specific cases of accidental or occupational exposure. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified PCBs as probably carcinogenic to humans[2] . EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in the food chain carried out a risk assessment on the presence of non dioxin-like PCBs in feed and food in 2005[3] .
In the report published today, EFSA says that the highest contamination levels were found in several fish and fish products followed by animal products, such as raw milk, dairy products, eggs and egg products. The lowest levels were found in fruit and vegetables. Similarly, the highest levels of contamination in animal feed were found in feed containing fish derived products, such as fish oil.
EFSA recommends continuous random testing of a sufficient number of samples in each food and feed group in order to ensure accurate assessment and monitoring of the presence of PCBs in the food chain.
日期：2010-07-31
