City: no problems with hairy crabs
20/10/2006 16:41
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
The city's food
and drug administration said yesterday that they haven't found any problems with
this year's supply of hair crabs because they check the level of antibiotics in
the popular crab every year, in response to reports in Taiwan that detected a
carcinogen in the crabs from Yangcheng Lake.
Officials in Taiwan said a 600
kilogram batch of the crabs, from the famed lake in Jiangsu Province bearing the
Shuizhongxian brand name, was tested on October 17 and contained AOZ, an
antibiotic that has been linked to cancer.
Many chemicals are toxic and
increase the risks of developing cancer, so we should find out how much AOZ
residue is safe to use, for the sake of humans and animals, said a spokesman
with the food and drug administration.
"We have been re-testing antibiotics
such as AOZ, and our recent tests concluded that the AOZ in the famous hair
crabs doesn't exceed the limit, the spokesman said.
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