美國雞肉含砒霜 問題飼料已銷亞洲

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歐洲引發大腸桿菌疫情至今，仍找不到的病菌源，如今美國又傳出市售雞肉含有砒霜，且問題飼料更已銷往亞洲等其他12國。對此，美國食品藥物管理局(FDA)也證實，當地雞肉確實有殘留微量砒霜，但不會危害人體健康。

FDA近日檢驗上百隻肉雞後發現，雞隻若服用了含洛克沙砷（Roxarsone）的飼料後，其肝臟內殘留的砒霜含量會較高，而被驗出含洛克沙砷的雞飼料就是產自輝瑞製藥公司（Pfizer Inc.）；但FDA也強調，此飼料含砒霜量極低，「民眾不必害怕食用雞肉。」

為了安全起見，輝瑞製藥已緊急宣佈，將於30天後停止在美國銷售此飼料，以便讓家禽業者留下足夠的過渡期，尋找替代藥物，而此產品還同時銷往加拿大、印尼、菲律賓、越南、巴西和澳洲等12國，目前正積極聯繫瞭解中。

其實洛克沙砷並不是非法添加物，它早在1944年就成為美國獲准上市的第一種含砒霜動物藥，通常被用來清除家禽體內的「球蟲病」，同時也能「讓肌肉增加重量，外皮呈現金黃色澤」。不過早期研究指出，飼料中所含的砒霜會隨著糞便排出體外，如今殘留原因仍待查證。


原文網址: 美國雞肉含砒霜　問題飼料已銷亞洲 | 生活新聞 | NOWnews 今日新聞網 http://www.nownews.com/2011/06/10/327-2719176.htm#ixzz1OsJmxRMi

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FDA just says no to arsenic in chickens
Jun 10, 2011 12:45 PM

The drug maker Pfizer announced this week that it will suspend the sale of Roxarsone (3-Nitro), a drug used to kill parasites and promote growth in pigs and poultry, because it contains a form of arsenic that can become carcinogenic in humans.
The company took the step after a study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that chickens given the drug had higher amount of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen, in their livers. But the FDA says people can continue to eat chicken, because the levels detected didn’t present a health risk.
The FDA did not test other chicken parts, like breasts or legs. Our 2005 tests of chicken found some forms of arsenic in many chicken livers on the market, though not in those from organically grown chickens.
“Action on this drug is long overdue,” said Michael Hansen, Ph.D., a senior scientist with Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. “Arsenic in chicken production poses a risk not only to human health, but to the environment. Arsenic can end up in the manure from chicken coops, and this is spread on agricultural land as fertilizer. We need to get arsenic out of food production altogether." He points out that the European Union has already taken steps to do just that.
See our advice on other safety issues regarding chicken, including how to avoid food poisoning from bacteria such as salmonella and campylobacter.
Sources
Pfizer will voluntarily suspend sale of animal drug 3-Nitro [FDA]
CU commends Pfizer withdrawal of arsenic-containing animal drug [Consumers Union]
Questions and Answers Regarding 3-Nitro (Roxarsone) [FDA]
—Evan MacDonald