Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang - Statistics of Ethylene Oxide testing trends for food groups in 2021 - 2022
Concerns about Ethylene Oxide residues are still being concerned by countries around the world, especially European countries, and the level and form of control are increasing day by day.
As a leading unit in the field of food testing and inspection; environment and agricultural services, Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang has always been a reliable companion of food manufacturers, exporters, and importers. More than just a laboratory, Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang is also a place that provides extremely useful data and information about the food testing industry. From there, executives and quality managers, and those interested in the field of food and health, updated with the latest information, can trace the source of hazards, evaluate and provide the most effective and timely solutions.
Overview of Ethylene Oxide residue testing trends in 2021 - 2022
Concerns about Ethylene Oxide residues are still of concern to countries around the world, especially European countries, and the extent and form of control are increasing day by day. By updating the EU regulation 2019/1793 on the frequency of controlling products entering the European market, specifically for instant food from Vietnam, the control rate is increased to 20%. Regarding the form of control and inspection, in some countries, in particular, the German market has changed the inspection to specify the spice packages in instant products in order to trace the source of residues as well as to apply a clear technical management framework. All show that concerns about the level of consumer safety in these countries about Ethylene Oxide residues are still very high. This is considered both a challenge as well as an opportunity for Vietnamese products to demonstrate product quality.
The increase in the level and form of control by European countries is a challenge as well as an opportunity for Vietnamese products (Source: Acecook Vietnam)
The fact that an enterprise, production, and export facility has a good information system in updating the law, timely grasping and improving problems, and having effective solutions and corrective and preventive actions will is a very important point while evaluating a supplier. Some Vietnamese products have problems with Ethylene Oxide residues in their products, which has created apprehension for European importers. In addition to timely and quick recall and confirmation actions, identification and traceability of pollution sources, risk assessment, etc. is an essential step for suppliers in Vietnam to change and obtain the trust of customers.
Ethylene Oxide residues in products will usually come from two main sources, which are the use for direct fumigation purposes or from cross-contamination from the line, other products are fumigated. Statistical reports on testing trends as well as an overview of Ethylene Oxide residues in products from raw materials to finished products, assessing the concentration of residues detected (threshold of 1.0 mg/Kg or 5.0 mg/Kg are being widely used by many laboratories. experiments used for consulting purposes) and the form present in the product (free Ethylene Oxide or the metabolite 2-Chloroethanol), can predict and detect where the source comes from. Hopefully, this can provide more information for managers in determining the origin as well as having an appropriate form of control for the purpose of producing quality products.
Overview of Ethylene Oxide testing in 2021
Group of Foods
Group of Foods ranked first in the list of items that Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang Company conducted to control Ethylene Oxide residues with the highest frequency from mid-2020 to now.
Frequency of control Ethylene Oxide in the group of foods
For the group of foods, according to statistics, the types of goods that are sent to control from the suppliers include the following food groups: instant food, meat and meat products, cakes, confectionery, oils, sauces, milk and dairy products, beverage, and some other foods.
The group of goods with the highest frequency of control includes instant food products (such as noodles, pho, rice noodles,...) accounting for 72% of the total samples sent for analysis, followed by meat and meat products 9%, confectionery 5% and oil 4%. Milk and dairy products maintain low levels of control.
Overview of control residues, identifying groups of items with the sample rate of Ethylene Oxide detection (expressed in the form of total Ethylene Oxide and 2-Chloroethanol) above the threshold of 0.01 mg/Kg, the highest still focused on the group of ready-to-eat food products with the sample rate accounting for 19.0% of the total samples in the food group; with meat and meat products up to 32.8%, focusing mainly on products such as salted shredded pork, dried shrimp, dried products…. Particularly for dairy products and dairy products, although the control level is not really high, the percentage of samples contaminated with Ethylene Oxide (total form) over 0.01 mg/Kg is over 25.7%, mainly focusing on the form of dairy products when the composition contains additional forms of food additives.
Detectable residues Ethylene Oxide in the group of foods
Group of spices and flavoring products
Inadequacies from the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a decrease in the export volume of the world's supply and import demand for spices, which Vietnam's pepper products are increasing. This becomes an opportunity for Vietnam's spices and flavorings to reach further, especially the EU market, a potential export market.
Frequency of ETO control for spice group
- The group of spices is a group with a fairly large number of control items such as pepper, onion, chili, garlic, cinnamon, anise, ginger, turmeric, lemongrass, flavoring, dill/cumin,... 05 spices with high frequency of control include onions (fresh onions and dried onions) accounting for 25.3%, pepper (black pepper, white pepper...) accounting for 17.7%; flavorings (liquid and powder) accounted for 14.3%; Chili (fresh chili and chili powder) accounted for 10.7%, and mixed spices (five flavors, curry, ...) accounted for 10.6%.
- According to the list of spices, 05 types with the highest rate of Ethylene Oxide contamination (total form) above 0.01 mg/Kg include Coriander (fresh cilantro and cilantro powder) with 70.4%, Chili (fresh chili and chili powder forms) with 58.1%, Turmeric with 63.6%, onions (fresh onions and dried onions) with 55.1%, anise (types of star anise, anise) with 54.3%. The group of spices is a group with a very wide range of detection thresholds from a few µg/Kg to a few mg/Kg, in which, Coriander, Cinnamon, Onion and mixed spices are spices with a threshold of Ethylene Oxide contamination. total form) per 1 mg/kg (ranged in the 10 - 15% proportion of control samples).
- Spices with detection of free Ethylene Oxide such as onion, chili, pepper, garlic, cilantro, flavoring, and spice mixed with pepper are the products with the highest Ethylene Oxide detection rate of all commodities types. this spice as well as in the food industry group.
Detectable residues ETO in spice and flavoring group
Group of agricultural products
Vietnamese agricultural products are increasingly popular in many countries around the world, with the EU market, Vietnam has exported agricultural products to most EU members, including strict markets such as Germany, Belgium, French, England,…
- In the list of agricultural products subject to control at Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang, the product group with high frequency includes corn, rice, flour, barley flour (the number one is still flour, followed by rice and maize) and vegetables, fruits (including fresh and dried forms, however, the dried forms are currently of more interest).
- Besides spices, agricultural products are considered as one of the goods that need to be controlled quite closely. However, the evaluation results showed that the percentage of samples contaminated with Ethylene Oxide (total form) on agricultural products was not too high compared to spices. The percentage of infected samples over 0.01 mg/Kg and over 1.0 mg/Kg with the group of corn, rice, flour, barley flour was 9.04% and 1.02%; coffee and coffee products 18.6% and 0%, with the highest concentration in the group of vegetables, tubers and fruits (fresh and dried) with 48.1% and 7.66%. This correlates with an almost very low Ethylene Oxide (free form) residue in the product.
Food Additives
Ranked 4th in the large product group with the frequency of controlling Ethylene Oxide residues is food additives. In European countries, along with the detection of residues in food samples, a series of recalls around food additives have increased the level of European control over the commodity group. this.
- The group of 04 additives with a relatively high frequency of control currently belongs to the group of thickeners and stabilizers, the remaining 3 categories include preservatives, emulsifiers and sweeteners with a relatively controlled frequency.
- The sample rate detected above 0.01 mg/Kg for the emulsifier group was 20.6%, the thickener and stabilizer was 11.6%, the sweetener was about 11.6% and the preservative was only 3.03%.
Detectable residues ETO in food additive group
Group of nuts and beans
Compared with the groups of food, spices, agricultural products and food additives, the frequency of control frequency of nuts and beans is still low. The concern stems from the group of sesame and sesame products in the Indian market, this is the reason why the products of this group are at the top of the group of nut and bean products that need to be controlled. However, the cashew nut is the item with the highest control rate in the nut and bean product group. The third-place belongs to soybeans and soy products.
Vietnam is currently the world's leading exporter of cashew kernels, so tightening control of Ethylene Oxide in cashews to maintain the brand is always of interest to Vietnamese exporters. The results clearly show that the sample rate of Ethylene Oxide detection (total form) on cashew products analyzed at Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang is 0%, with sesame and sesame products only accounting for about 14.3%, a relative rate. high for soybeans, 20%, with a strong focus on powdered soy products.
Animal feed
Regarding the frequency of control for animal feed products, the market, in general, has not really tightened with this product group as well as at Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang, the statistics are not really large enough, so there is no The overall picture, however, with an infection rate of over 80%, the control consideration also needs attention from now on.
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The statistics are compiled from the analysis results from mid-2020 to the end of the first quarter of 2022 carried out at Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang. Information related to customer information as well as detailed analysis results are absolutely not shared. |
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