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Pesticide Levels In Wine From China “No Risk To Health,” Gov’t Says
– Reported, 15 August, 2012
It’s no secret that Chinese wines are the fastest growing market in the sector. But despite their popularity, rumors are swirling that Chinese wines may contian an unhealthy level of pesticides.
The news broke from Securities Market Weekly of Beijing, reports Forbes. The magazine stated last week that 10 samples from three different Chinese wineries tested positive for high levels of the pesticides carbendazim and metalaxyl. As a result, some stores took the wines off their shelves and stock prices for Changyu wines (the leader in Chinese wines, whose wines were in the sample test) dropped nearly 10 percent.
In response, the government said that the pesticide levels are not unhealthy, reports China Daily. Yan Weixing, a researcher with the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, told the press that pesticide levels were unavoidable in modern food, but didn’t pose any serious threat to health. The wines who tested for the pesticides had levels far below the EU limits. And Song Quanhou, deputy director of the China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries in China, said the two pesticides tested are actually germicides allowed in grape production in China and elsewhere.
The magazine article has since been pulled from publication; it can’t be found online, but no one knows why. Some bloggers in China questioned the magazine’s accuracy in reporting the results of the sample. It’s definitely not good news for the Chinese wine market, but will it truly affect its popularity? It’s doubtful.
Pesticide residue in Chinese red wine poses no threat to health, the countrys Ministry of Health said yesterday, according to a report in todays state-published Shanghai Daily.
The Securities Market Weekly of Beijing said last week 10 samples from three wineries including giant Changyu had high levels of residue levels of two pesticides, carbendazim and metalaxyl, according to the Shanghai Daily. Some stores subsequently took its wine off of their shelves, the paper said.
The Shanghai Daily quoted Yan Weixing, a researcher at the China National for Food Safety Assessment, saying a certain amount of pesticide within national limits wouldnt pose a threat to health because pesticide residue is unavoidable in food.
Yantai Changyu Pioneers domestic shares recovered 1.6% yesterday after losing 9.8% last Friday.
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