Seven certified laboratories can inspect 70,000 food products per year, Su saysBy Hsu Chuo-hsun / Staff reporter, with CNATaiwan has seven certified laboratories that have the capacity to inspect 70,000 food products per year, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday in a bid to assure the public about food safety. The nation has seven laboratories certified by international organizations for testing radioactive residues in food products, Su said. Testing is expected to occur on about 20,000 food products per year, with a capacity of 70,000, he added. “I can assure the public that Taiwan can handle the testing without a problem and can safeguard food safety,” Su said. The instruments have a detection limit for cesium-134 and cesium-137 of 1 becquerel per kilogram, which is 1 percent of the legal limit for food products, he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 11, 2022 23:27 UTC