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Liquor firm denies claim its drinks are tainted

By Xu Chi (Shanghai Daily)

14:11, November 20, 2012

A LIQUOR company is disputing the findings of a testing company in Shanghai that its products contain excessive and toxic plasticizers which could impair male sexual function and even cause liver cancer.

According to a report on news website 21cbn.com, Jiugui, a type of Chinese liquor selling for 438 yuan (US$70) a bottle, was found to contain three plasticizers with one being 260 percent above the permitted level.

There have been reports of plasticizers being illegally added to drinks to improve their appearance and taste. But they can be hazardous to health.

The website said its reporter, after a tip-off from "insiders," had purchased four bottles of Jiugui from an official store in Beijing and sent them to the National Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for checks.

But after the center refused to check the liquor saying that it would require authorization from the production company, the reporter sent them to a third-party company, Intertek Co, to be tested. Its tests showed that samples of the liquor contained three plasticizers - diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), the website said.


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