As media report many companies about usingindustrial gelatin in jelly, yogurt and capsule shell, our food and drug safety production are faced with severe situation. Under regulations and customers’ supervision, food safety production is getting more and more attention.
General Administration of Quality Supervision (AQSIQ)issue a notificationabout getting tough with the illegal useindustrial gelatin in food. It requires every Quality supervision department be strict with the companies which industrial use gelatin. Any company which has the issue about using industrial gelatin in food after inspection will be prosecuted.
CIRS could provide the gelatin component test for jelly, yogurt and capsule shell according to the regulations from Chinese pharmacopoeia, Ministry of Health and other standards. The details are as below.
Testing products:
Gelatin vacant capsules
Food additives: gelatin
Gelatin materials
Jelly and soft sweets
Dairy products: yogurt
Rice flour and meat product
Other food that use gelatin
Testing items and testing standards
Gelatin materials in medicinal vacant capsules
Testing items | Standards | Price EURO | Turnaround time |
Cr | Part 2 of 2010 Chinese pharmacopoeia | 25/10g | 7 days |
Heavy metal ( Pb ) | 25/10g | ||
pH value | 25 | ||
Arsenic | 25/10g |
Gelatin medicinal vacant capsules
Testing items | Standards | Price EURO | Turnaround time |
Cr | Part 2 of 2010 Chinese pharmacopoeia | 25/10g | 7 days |
Ethylene oxide | 40/25g | ||
Chloroethanol | 40/25g | ||
Heavy metal ( Pb ) | 25/10g |
Food additives: gelatin
Testing items | Standards | Price EURO | Turnaround time |
Cr | GB/T 5009.123-2003 | 25/10g | 9 days |
Pb | GB 5009.12-2010 | 25/10g | |
Total bacteria | GB 6783-1994 (GB 4789.2-2010) | 20/25g | |
Coliform | GB 6783-1994 (GB 4789.3-2010) | 23/25g | |
Salmonella | GB 6783-1994 (GB 4789.4-2010) | 25/10g |
Rice flour, sweets and meat product and other food that use gelatin
Testing items | Standards | Price EURO | Turnaround time |
Cr | GB/T 5009.123-2003 | 25/10g | 7 days |
Pb | GB 5009.12-2010 | 25/10g | |
As | GB/T 5009.11-2003 | 25/10g | |
Hg | GB/T 5009.17-2003 | 25/10g | |
Cd | GB/T 5009.15-2003 | 25/10g |