Ukutholakala kwe-FDA Ukuqothulwa Kwamapulasitiki E-Lead-Contaminated Powder

Izinhlamvu Ezifakiwe Ziqhubeka Nokubhekana Nezifo Zempilo kwabaseMelika

Emuva ngo-2013, i-US Food and Drug Administration (i-FDA) yamemezela ukuthi abakwaFahman Enterprises Inc. (Dallas, Texas), i-OnTime Distribution (eNew York, eNew York), ne-Best Value Inc. yase-Detroit, eMichigan, bakhumbula ngokuzithandela Pran brand turmeric powder. Engenisiwe esuka ePakistan, i-powder ye-turmeric yayikhunjulwa ngoba itholakala ukuthi iqukethe amazinga aphezulu okuhola okungabangela izinkinga zempilo kubathengi.

Njengalokhu njalo, labo abasengozini enkulu yokubhekana nezindaba eziphathelene nokuphila bahlanganisa nezingane, izingane ezincane, nabesifazane abakhulelwe. Ukukhumbula lokhu ku-2013 okuhlambulukile kwe-turmeric kuye kwaba yinye yezinhlayiya eziningana ezingcolile ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ezikhanyise ukuphepha kokudla nezinkinga zokulawula ezizungezile izinongo.

Ukutholakala koMholi wePulmeric Powder

Ukukhumbula kuka-2013 kwaqalwa ngemuva kwesampula se-FDA esathola amazinga aphezulu okuhola (48 kuya ku-53 ppm) emgqeni we-Pran we-turmeric powder. Endabeni yokudla, "ppm" imelela "izingxenye ngezigidi" futhi isetshenziselwa ukukala ukuhlushwa kwekhemikhali noma isitho esitholakala ekudleni. Elandelwa Isifundo Sokuqeda Ukudla Kwe-FDA kanye nezinye izinhlelo zokuqapha, ukudla kuhlolwe njalo ukuze kuholele ukuphepha kokunikezwa kwe-US. Lezi zivivinyo zenziwa emikhakheni eminingi kuhlanganise nokudla kwezingane, amajusi ezithelo, izithelo zamathinini, nemikhiqizo yemifino.

I-FDA ibike ukuthi i-turmeric ekhumbulayo yasakazwa edolobheni laseDallas, eTexas, emadolobheni amaningana eNew York naseNew Jersey, nasezindaweni ezithengisa ezitolo naseHitram, eMichigan phakathi kukaJulayi 2013 noSepthemba 2013.

Umlando Wokuhola Emikhiqizweni Yokudla

Kule minyaka edlule, i-FDA ibike ukungcoliswa kwemikhiqizo eminingi yokudla okuvela ekudleni kwezingane kusuka eChina kuya kuma-candies ukusuka eMexico kuya emakethe okukhonjiwe.

I-United States kanye ne-FDA zenze ukukhula okuphawulekayo ekunciphiseni ukuhola ekukhiqizeni imikhiqizo kusukela ngo-1970. Ngomzamo wokuthuthukisa ukuphepha kokudla, i-FDA igcina ucwaningo oluqhubekayo lwemikhiqizo yokudla ebaluleke kakhulu ngaphakathi kokudla kwaseMelika. I-ejensi ibika ukuthi ukudla okudliwayo kokuhola kwezingane ezincane kuye kwehla ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-90 kusukela ngo-1979. Ngo-1995, i-United States yavimbela ukusetshenziswa kwe-solder ehola ukufaka izimpahla ezinamakhokhi e-US, okuye kwanciphisa kakhulu inani lokuhola elifunyenwe kule mikhiqizo.

Kodwa ngisho nale nqubekela phambili, kusekhona ukudla, ikakhulukazi ukungeniswa, okuye kwabangela izingozi zobuthi obuholayo eminyakeni eminingi - i-turmeric powder yakamuva engcolisiwe.

Okutholakele kokudla okuphambene nokuPhepha

Ngokusho kwe-US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ngonyaka ka-2009 ukuhoxiswa okuvela kuma-candies aseMexico kwakhuthaza i-FDA ukuba ihlakulele iziqondiso ezinamandla kubakhiqizi, abathumeli, kanye nabasakaza ama-candies angaphandle.

Njengamanje, izinkampani eziningana zokukhiqiza ukudla kwezingane kanye nemikhiqizo yejusi yezithelo zikhona enkantolo ngenxa yokungabi nalutho kwamalebula okuxwayisa okudla okuqukethe ukuhola. I-FDA iphetha ngokuthi nakuba lezi zokudla ziqukethe inani eliphansi eliphansi kunezindlela zomthetho ezidinga amalebula okuxwayisa emkhiqizo, zingabangela ingozi, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokugcizelela ekudleni lokhu kokudla ngenani labo lokudla okunomsoco.

Kunokukhathazeka ukuthi ukuqoqwa kokuhola emzimbeni kungabangela izinkinga zezempilo nezentuthuko ezinganeni ezifana nokunakwa kanye ne-IQ.

Izingozi zezempilo zokuqoqa abaholi emzimbeni

Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izinkinga zempilo kuhlanganise nokuphuza ukuthuthukiswa kwengqondo nokuzimele nokufunda ukukhubazeka kuphakama njengoba umholi eqoqa emzimbeni. Abesifazane abakhulelwe, izinsana, kanye nezingane ezincane kufanele bagweme ngokukhethekile ukuvezwa okukhulu kokuhola.

Izimpawu zokuphefumula ngokuvamile aziqali ukuziveza ngokwazo kuze kube yilapho seziqongelekile ngokweqile. Izimpawu ziyahlukahluka kuye ngokuthi ngubani otheleleke. Izinsana zizobonisa ubunzima bokufunda futhi zinciphise ukukhula.

Izingane ngokuvamile zibonisa ukucasuka, ukulahlekelwa isifiso, ukulahlekelwa isisindo, ukukhathala, ubuhlungu besisu, ukuhlanza, ukuqothulwa nokufunda ubunzima.

Ngenkathi engozini engaphansi, abantu abadala basadingeka bazi kahle izingozi zokuhogela ubuthi. Izimpawu ngokuvamile zihlanganisa ukuphakama okukhulu kwegazi, ukukhathazeka kwemizwelo, ubuhlungu besisu, ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo, ukuphathwa ikhanda, ukukhathala, ubuhlungu ekupheleni, ukuncipha komsebenzi wengqondo, ukuncipha kwesidoda, kanye nesidoda esingavamile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abesifazane abakhulelwe basengozini yokukhulelwa noma ukuzalwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi.

Ezimweni ezimbi kunazo zonke lapho abantu behlelwa khona emazingeni anobuthi, izinzwa nemisipha kaningi akakwazi ukusebenza kahle, ezinye izitho ezinjengezinso zingakwazi ukukhubazeka futhi ezimweni ezinzima kakhulu ukulimala kwengqondo okungapheli kungenzeka.

Abantu abathintekayo mayelana nokuhogela udoti kufanele baxhumane nodokotela wabo noma umtholampilo wezempilo ukubuza mayelana nokuhlolwa kwegazi.

Ukuphepha kokudla kanye nezinhlamvu ezifakiwe

Ngeshwa, lokhu ukukhumbula ngo-2013 kwakungeyona kuphela yecala lezinongo ezifakiwe ezingenayo e-United States. Ngaphandle kwamazinga angaphephile okuhola, i-FDA ihlonze ezinye izidakamizwa ze-spice kuhlanganise ne-Salmonella eminyakeni yamuva ezenze ukuba kube khona izinqubomgomo nezinqubo ezintsha uma kuziwa emikhiqizweni yesipelingi.

Imithombo

Ukuphathwa kwe-US nokuDrug. Ukhumbula Pow Brand Turmeric Powder Ngenxa Izinga Eliphakanyisiwe Lead . 17 Okthoba 2013.