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State Watchdog Releases List of Blacklisted Imports

Sept. 22 – The State Council watchdog for product quality has released a list of blacklisted imported products, reports Xinhua.

Food, beverages and cosmetics products that make it on the list are either returned or destroyed. The list named 25 foreign companies including famous names such as PepsiCo and Mead Johnson.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine found that Mead Johnson’s baby formula had substandard protein content. Frozen concentrated orange juice imported from Louis Dreyfus Citrus Trading LDA in Brazil were also mentioned and found to have excessive yeast. 

Another famous name on the list are Danisa Butter Cookies which are imported from Indonesia, found to have excessive bacteria. The agency also included a Carrefour-brand of candies from France that was found to have a banned dye Quinoline yellow.

PepsiCo said in a statement that the substandard orange juice was found by the company itself. “PepsiCo applies strict quality testing standards to imported fruit juice concentrates and accepts under no circumstances products that fail to meet quality inspection standards,” the company said in a statement.

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