棉籽油与食物安全-CentreforFoodSafety.PDFVIP

二零一三 年 十 一 月 • 第 八 十 八 期 November 2013•88th Issue ISSN 2224-6908 由食物環境衞生署食物安全中心於每月第三個星期三出版 Published by the Centre for Food Safety, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department on every third Wednesday of the month 本 期 內 容 棉籽油與食物安全 IN THIS ISSUE 焦 點 個 案 焦點個案 Incident in Focus Cottonseed Oil and Food Safety 棉籽油與食物安全 風險傳達工作一覽 食物安全平台 食物安全中心 Reported by Ms. Melva CHEN, Scientific Officer, 我們吃的蔬果含毒素嗎？ 風險評估組 Risk Assessment Section, 食物事故點滴 科學主任陳蓉蓉女士報告 Centre for Food Safety 加州海岸捕獲的藍鰭吞拿魚驗出 含輻射 光波爐與煮食溫度 最近，有兩家台灣公司被揭發以 Recently, two Taiwanese companies were found to be Incident in Focus 低價棉籽油摻雜橄欖油、花生油和 selling various edible oils such as olive oil, peanut oil and Cottonseed Oil and Food Safety 麻油等食油出售。傳媒報道，棉籽 sesame oil adulterated with the cheaper cottonseed oil. Summary of Risk Communication Work 油含有一種名為棉酚的有毒物質， Media reported that cottonseed oil can be risky to health Food Safety Platform 可導致不育，對健康有害。本文將 since cottonseeds contain a toxic substance called gossypol Toxins in Our Fruits and 探討棉籽油的安全問題。 that can cause infertility.