China: Ningbo Market Supervision Bureau exposes instant jellyfish head product with excessive aluminum residue

China Quality News Network (Hiroshima) Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued a notice on 14 batches of unqualified foods (No. 55 in 2021). The instant jellyfish head produced by the Seafood Food Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jinding Seafood Food Company") (production date/batch number: 2021-02-20), the aluminum residue (calculated as Al in the instant jellyfish) does not meet the national food safety standards Regulation. In fact, the jellyfish processing process requires the use of a large amount of salt and alum (aluminum potassium sulfate) to salt the fresh jellyfish to make a large amount of dehydration and to prevent the jellyfish from rot. According to the "National Food Safety Standards for the Use of Food Additives" (GB 2760-2014), the maximum residual amount of potassium aluminum sulfate (also known as alum) and ammonium aluminum sulfate (also known as ammonium alum) in instant jellyfish is ≤500mg/kg (calculated as Al). The main ...