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core prompt: recently, Sweden study said Nestle brand baby food containing heavy metals such as arsenic, a small amount of arsenic will also increase cancer risk. China informed the CDC on April 17, heavy metal content in the product is not Super Chinese standards and standard in China also have strict requirements of the international Codex Alimentarius Commission.

for some foreign brands of infant cereals-assisted detection of arsenic, cadmium and other heavy metals in food events (this newspaper reported on April 12), yesterday, commissioned by the Ministry of health, Bulletin of the Chinese Center for disease control and prevention released, check out these brands of arsenic, lead, cadmium and other heavy metals, does not exceed the standard in China.

communications, Sweden a body in infant cereal aid in food of certain foreign brands, check out arsenic, lead, cadmium, the biggest check out value respectively, 33ug/kg, 13ug/kg, 11ug/kg. Our infant cereals provided for in the supplementary food safety standards, limit of arsenic and lead indicators, arsenic as 200ug/kg, lead to 200ug/kg. You can see, Nestlé brands such as detection of arsenic, lead is within the standard. Bulletin said the international Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) infant cereal supplementary food is not limit of arsenic and lead targets set.

Bulletin also said that China and CAC are not developing tolerance limit of cadmium of infant complementary food indicators, but China's main raw materials to the food requirements for tolerance limit of cadmium in rice 0.2mg/kg, strict CAC 0.4mg/kg standards.

reportedly, commissioned by the Ministry of health, Chinese Center for disease control and prevention, national food safety risk assessment the Commission will continue to organize expert scientific infant health risk evaluation of heavy metals concentration levels in food and of relations.

informed advocates breastfeeding as possible in infants under 6 months, infants of more than 6 months, should be the expert guidance, rational added in line with national standards of infant complementary food.

extended reading: parents return Nestle denied questioning the arsenic content of double standards at home and abroad

Sweden researchers, including 9 leading European brands, Nestlé baby foods contain toxic heavy metals arsenic, lead and cadmium. Nestle (China) company statement said that Nestle infant food production and sales in China in full compliance with regulatory requirements and standards in China, consumers are safe to eat. Users have found that arsenic on rice flour in the context of how many micrograms is the normal, standard in China and Sweden announced the "toxic" difference in standards, hundreds of times! Question of double standards.

Sweden research said Nestle brand rice paste containing carcinogenic heavy metals

Sweden study said Nestle brand baby food containing heavy metals such as arsenic, a small amount of arsenic will also increase cancer risk. Nestle said China's response to reported Nestlé products involved in complete security, and comply with all the Nordic and European standards. Nestlé China also claims that infant food production and sales in China in full compliance with regulatory requirements and standards in China, consumers are safe to eat.