Beijing Municipal Department of Industry and Commerce has reported five kinds of substandard food products.
It is learned that BMDIC took a total of 967 food samples and identified five of them as substandard. Four of these food products were found to have excessive levels of sulfur dioxide, a chemical which is used to make preserve food but can be harmful to health.
The five problematic food products are 500 gram jars of Yi Ming Canned Nameko made by Tangshan County Zhanwang Canned Food Factory with the series number of 20081023; 500 gram packages of Beijing Candied Fruit made by Beijing Fangxingyu Preserved Fruit Food Company with the series number of 20080406; 210 gram packages of Tong Di Preserved Arbutus made by Tianjin Weiquan Lingguo Food Factory with the series number of 20080502; 250 gram packages of Jun Chao Needle Mushroom made by Chiping Junchao Canned Food Factory with the series number of 20080725; and 500ml bottled Xin Xian sauce made by Tianjin Meixian Food Company with the series number of 20080112.