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The Philippines' Department of Health has warned consumers against possible health risks that imported food products from China may pose, amid reports that 200 food factories in China had been shut down for using hazardous ingredients such as formaldehyde, illegal dyes, and industrial wax.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III advised consumers to check China-made food products for the presence of Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) certificate of product registration numbers before buying them.

"If there is no BFAD seal then don't buy the food product because it could be risky. And when it comes to our health, we shouldn't be taking any risks," said Duque in Filipino.

The health secretary also asked consumers to patronize locally made products and temporarily refrain from buying food imports from China, even if these may be relatively cheaper.

"Buying these cheaper products is more problematic. We're happy at first because we save money, but we end up cursing after our family gets ill," Duque said.

As this developed, Duque said customs agents have confiscated shipments of food products from China suspected of being treated with industrial chemicals.

He cited initial information which showed that the shipments mostly contained "biscuits and flour-based products."

However, it is not immediately clear how large the shipment volume was and if the confiscated products indeed contained toxic chemicals.

Duque dispatched BFAD health regulatory officers to check if the food items contain formaldehyde, formalin, and other carcinogenic substances.

China has closed 180 food factories after inspectors found industrial chemicals being used in products from candy to seafood.

The closures came amid a nationwide crackdown on shoddy and dangerous products launched in December that also uncovered use of recycled or expired food, the China Daily said.

Formaldehyde, illegal dyes, and industrial wax were found being used to make candy, pickles, crackers and seafood, it said, citing Han Yi, an official with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, which is responsible for food safety.

International concerns over China's food safety problems ballooned this year after high levels of toxins and industrial chemicals were found in exported products.

US health officials said Thursday they were detaining three types of Chinese fish — catfish, basa and dace — as well as shrimp and eel after repeated testing turned up contamination with drugs unapproved in the United States for use in farmed seafood.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said sampling of Chinese imported fish between October and May repeatedly found traces of the antibiotics nitrofuran and fluoroquinolone, as well as the antifungals malachite green and gentian violet.

Of particular concern are the fluoroquinolones, a family of widely used human antibiotics that the FDA forbids in seafood in part to prevent bacteria from developing resistance to these important drugs. The best known example is ciprofloxacin, sold as Cipro, which made headlines as a treatment during the 2001 anthrax attacks.

"Clearly the addition of these drugs, it's a deliberate event," Margaret Glavin, the FDA's associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, told reporters. "If they stop adding them, the problem is going to go away."

Beyond the fish, federal regulators have recently warned consumers about lead paint in toy trains, defective tires, and toothpaste made with diethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient more commonly found in antifreeze. All the products were imported from China.

China, meanwhile, insisted Thursday that the safety of its products was "guaranteed," making a rare direct comment on spreading international fears over tainted and adulterated exports.

FDA officials said the level of the drugs in the seafood was low. The FDA isn't asking stores or consumers to toss any of the suspect seafood.

Other problems plague Chinese seafood imports as well. In May alone, the FDA stopped shipments of frozen crab meat found to be filthy, as well as roasted eel laced with unsafe additives, tilapia fillets tainted by salmonella and an unidentified fish mislabeled as catfish. - with a report from AP, GMANews.TV

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