臺灣食品業於2011年發生大規模的塑化劑污染事件,起因係不法業者以塑化劑-鄰苯二甲酸酯類混入起雲劑的複方食品添加物中。臺北市政府衛生局為擴大為民服務,開放全國民眾免費檢驗塑化劑,目的係為瞭解現行食品中污染塑化劑的情形,並解除民眾疑慮。自2011年5月29日至6月30日止,共計檢驗4,625件產品,檢出含有塑化劑的產品共計560件,不合格率達12.1%。另針對不合格產品中屬於臺北市業者的111件產品進行抽驗,結果發現仍有41件產品含有塑化劑,不合格率為36.9%,其不合格產品型態主要為膠囊錠狀粉狀的保健食品,檢出率佔不合格產品的90.2%,塑化劑種類於抽驗產品中檢出情形,又以DEHP及DINP較高,分別佔不合格產品的53.7及29.3%。此結果顯示,大部分含有塑化劑的食品,均來自不法業者的原料污染。
In 2011, there was a large-scale outbreak of plasticizer contamination in food in Taiwan, which was caused by illegal adding phthalic acid ester plasticizers into cloudy agents as multi-formula food additives on purpose. The Department of Health of Taipei City Government intended to extend free testing service for plasticizers in food. The purpose of this test was to understand the situation of contamination of plasticizers in food and to relieve the plasticizer concern of consumers. The Department has received and examined 4,625 food samples from May 29 to June 30 in 2011. The result showed that 560 samples were found to contain plasticizers, and the violation rate was about 12.1%. Subsequently, 111 of 560 positive items belonging to the manufactures in Taipei were inspected and examined again. There were 41 positive samples and the violation rate was 36.9%. Functional foods in capsule, tablet and powder forms were the mainly violation products, and its violation rate was 90.2%. Among the plasticizers, DEHP and DINP were highly detected in samples, and the detection percentages of both were 53.7 and 29.3%, respectively. The results indicated that most of plasticizer-containing foods were contaminated by the raw materials from illegal manufactures.