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05/02/2016
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Cinnamon lot was banned
Cinnamon lot was banned Photo: Disclosure
Source: Extra
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of a batch of cinnamon in the Pacha brand powder, having the rodent "above the tolerance limit." The measure affects the batch 07/2015, effective in May 2016. The product is sold in packs of 30g. The regulator tolerance limit each 50 grams of cinnamon have at most a fragment of the rodent.
The decision was published in the "Official Gazette" on Monday and took into account a report issued by the Institute Octavio Magalhães of Ezequiel Dias Foundation (IOM / FUNED), which showed unsatisfactory results. In addition, the Health Surveillance of Minas Gerais Food had already determined the precautionary ban on the product in the state.
Understand the limits
Anvisa has a resolution that determines to what extent the presence of foreign substances in certain products is allowed. According to Anvisa, is considered a strange item any material that is not part of the food composition and that may be associated with inadequate conditions of production, handling, storage or distribution.
According to the regulator, the standard is among the strictest in the world. As the shuttle is extracted from the bark of a tree, you can optionally carry insect fragments. Therefore, Anvisa considers acceptable 50g cinnamon have up to 100 insect fragments. The same amount of spice can have up to a rodent of the fragment to be approved by Anvisa.
Source: Extra
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