|
Chinese-made kimchi has been found to be contaminated with parasites, in a fresh scare only weeks after kimchi from the country was found to have comparatively high lead content.
¡°After we found parasite eggs in nine out of 16 Chinese kimchi products that are sold online, we have given orders to collect and destroy the concerned companies¡¯ products,¡± the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said Friday.
The food safety watchdog is also investigating 18 domestic kimchi brands, and has so far found eight of them free from contamination.
According to the KFDA, the Chinese imports contained the eggs of four parasites -- roundworm, hookworm, trichostrougylus orientalis and isospora bellis. They are presumed to have been contaminated by the night soil used as fertilizer on many Chinese farms.
Parasites breed in human excrement and soil and can be transmitted via farm produce. They can cause vomiting, stomachache, indigestion and bowel disorder.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
|
