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China's health authorities order recall of Korean instant noodles

China's health authorities have ordered a recall of Nongshim Co.'s instant noodle products that were found to have been tainted in its home country South Korea, officials said Saturday.

China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine made the announcement on its Web site against six types of instant noodles products made by South Korea's largest instant noodle maker.

The affected noodles include popular Neoguri, bowl-type Neoguri and Saeng Saeng Noodle. They were found to contain benzopyrene, which could cause cancer.

An employee arranges Nongshim`s ramen packets at a major retailer`s branch in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap News)
An employee arranges Nongshim`s ramen packets at a major retailer`s branch in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap News)

According to the Korea Food and Drug Administration, these products contain as high as 4.7 parts per billion in their soup.

The KFDA earlier said the amount of benzopyrene contained in the products was minuscule and would not cause health problems. Nongshim also said its products were safe to consume and that it already destroyed all the raw materials in question.

Nongshim controls the majority of South Korea's instant noodle market, with a 68.1 percent share last year.

Meanwhile, Nongshim's Shanghai subsidiary stressed China-produced products were not among the affected products.

It added that products from Chinese factories were sent to a third-party testing agency to detect any trace of benzopyrene.

Results from the tests will be made public as early as possible, it said.

Nongshim has three Chinese factories in Shanghai, Shenyang of the Liaoning province and Qingdao of the Shandong province.  (Yonhap News) 


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질검총국은 또 산하 검역기관에 해당 제품이 중국 내로 유입되지 않도록 검역을 강화하라고 지시했다.

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베이징(北京)시 조양구 공상분국은 전날 한국인 밀집지역인 왕징 내 백화점과 슈퍼마켓 등에 단속반을 보내 문제가 되는 제품 1천500박스를 회수하고 폐기 처분했다.

인민망은 단속에 앞서 왕징 지역 내 상인들이 벤조피렌 관련 제품을 자발적으로 매장에서 철수시켰다고 전했다.

중국에서도 농심 제품이 많이 유통되지만 대부분 상하이(上海)와 선양(瀋陽) 현지의 농심 공장에서 생산된 제품이다. 중국 당국은 자국 내 농심 공장 제품에 대해 벤조피렌 함유 여부를 조사했으나 문제가 없다고 확인했다. (연합뉴스)
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