健達巧克力在德國查出可致癌物將被召回

There are calls for a Kinder chocolate bar to be recalled, following the discovery that it contained traces of a possible cancer-causing oil.

因含有可能致癌的礦物油成分，健達巧克力已經被呼籲召回。

Germany's Foodwatch found the Kinder Reigel contained mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH), which the European Food Safety Agency has said 'may be carcinogenic'. It has led to calls for the bar, available in some Aldi stores in Germany, to be recalled.

德國食品監察組織Foodwatch發現，健達巧克力條中含有芳香烴礦物油成分，歐洲食品安全署認爲該物質“可能致癌”。這會導致在德國阿爾迪連鎖超市裏出售的該產品被召回。

'You can't see it, you can't taste it, but it's in there. We recommend not purchasing these products because the levels are simply unacceptable for consumption.' Johannes Heeg, a Foodwatch campaigner told The Local.

Foodwatch的領導人約翰尼斯·希科在接受《Local》採訪時表示：“你看不見它，也嘗不出來，但是這種物質就是存在。我們不建議消費者購買這些食品，因爲供消費的食品裏含有礦物油是不可接受的。”

Foodwatch also found MOAH in two other German products, Lindt's Fioretto Nougat Minis and Sun Rice Classic Schokohappen.

此外，Foodwatch還在另外兩款德國產品裏發現了芳香烴，分別是瑞士蓮菲奧萊多牛軋糖及Schokohappen經典陽光大米。

However, other groups have said the risk is minimal. The Association of the German Confectionary Agency (BDSI) said there was no need to recall the products as the amounts of MOAH found could 'be consumed without concern'.

但是，其他組織認爲風險並不大。德國糖果協會表示，沒有必要召回產品，因爲現在檢測到的礦物油芳香烴含量可以被人體完全無害地分解掉。

The European Food Safety Agency says 'foodborne MOAH with three or more, non- or simple-alkylated, aromatic rings may be mutagenic and carcinogenic, and therefore of potential concern'.

歐洲食品安全署則表示：“食品中的礦物油如果含有三個或三個以上無烷基或簡單烷基的芳香環，則可能具有突變性和致癌性，因此會成爲潛在的問題。”

A spokesperson for Ferrero said in a written statement, 'The discussion about mineral oil components (MOSH/MOAH) in foods is not new and affects a large variety of foods from the most different categories. Foodwatch Germany has recently tested several confectionery products and detected traces of mineral oil components. However, traces of mineral oil exist nearly everywhere in the environment and they can be transferred to food in many different ways. At Ferrero, together with all our supply chain partners, we are working on technical solutions to minimise these omnipresent substances as much as possible and to avoid transfer and migration to food.'

一名費列羅的發言人在一份書面聲明中寫道，“關於食品中礦物油成分的討論不是最近纔有的，這影響了不同種類的許許多多食物。德國Foodwatch組織最近檢測了幾種糖果產品，檢測出了礦物油成分。然而，環境裏幾乎到處都有環境礦物油，並可以用不同的方式轉移到食物中。例如，礦物油主要是從印刷油墨轉移到包裝回收循環中，並通過再生纖維轉移到原料和食品中。我們費列羅將和所有的供應鏈夥伴合作，尋找技術解決方案，儘量把這些無所不在的物質轉移到食物中的可能減到最低。”