date:Jul 14, 2012
major compound found in most of the food samples,they added.
This plasticizer has been the source of a lot of controversy in China and wider Asia with the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration banning eight food additives found to be contaminated with this plasticizer in June 2011.
A wide-spread contamination of DEHP across Taiwan led to the shut-down of its export borders as surrounding countries feared importing tainted products. It was only in February 2012 that the last country, Mala