食品伙伴網(wǎng)報道，據(jù)英國食品標(biāo)準(zhǔn)局官網(wǎng)8月5日的消息稱，這種被稱為hijiki的海藻，含有高濃度的無機砷。而無機砷則會大大增加人體患上癌癥的風(fēng)險。
該消費警告是由歐盟下達(dá)給FSA的，是關(guān)于一個商標(biāo)為Clearspring的hijiki海藻產(chǎn)品，因為其含有高濃度的無機砷，而英國食品標(biāo)準(zhǔn)局則建議英國公民避免食用所有的在英國境內(nèi)銷售的hijiki。
英國食品標(biāo)準(zhǔn)局建議消費者選擇其他品種的海藻，因為該局在2004年曾進(jìn)行過一次調(diào)查，其其結(jié)果是在一些生物中，例如hijiki，高濃度的無機砷是自然發(fā)生的，該局同時也對其他海藻種類，如海帶、紫菜和裙帶菜等，在這些海藻中并未發(fā)現(xiàn)無機砷的存在。
hijiki是一種獨特的近乎黑色的絲狀海藻，主要是用作日本餐館里的餐前開胃菜，在壽司和中國菜中并不使用。
hijiki在湯、沙拉以及一些素食和素食菜肴中也作為一種材料在使用。有時會在一些超級市場、百貨公司、保健食品商店以及出售亞洲和遠(yuǎn)東食品特的色商店中發(fā)現(xiàn)有此類食物出售。
該機構(gòu)已聯(lián)系了歐盟委員會，以確定他們是否打算對已經(jīng)遍布整個歐盟市場的hijiki采取行動。
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原文地址：http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2010/aug/hijikiseaweed
原文報道：
Consumers advised not to eat hijiki seaweed
Thursday 5 August 2010
The Food Standards Agency is reminding people of its advice not to eat a type of seaweed called hijiki because it contains high levels of inorganic arsenic. Inorganic arsenic is known to increase people’s risk of getting cancer.
This reminder follows a notification from the European Commission to the Agency about a brand of hijiki seaweed, Clearspring, which was found to contain high levels of arsenic. The Agency is advising people to avoid all hijiki on sale in the UK.
We are advising people not to eat hijiki seaweed and to choose alternative types of seaweed instead. However, if you have eaten hijiki occasionally it is unlikely that you have raised your risk of developing cancer significantly.
The Agency also carried out a survey in 2004, which found that hijiki contains inorganic arsenic – a form that occurs naturally in some foods. The survey also tested arame, kombu, nori and wakame but no inorganic arsenic was found in these types of seaweed.
Hijiki is a distinctive, almost black, shredded seaweed, that is used mainly as an appetiser or starter in some Japanese restaurants. It is not used in sushi or in Chinese restaurants.
Hijiki is also sold for use in soups and salads and some vegetarian and vegan dishes where seaweed is an ingredient. It is sometimes found in the specialist food sections of some supermarkets and department stores and in health food shops and specialist shops selling Asian and Far Eastern food.
The Agency has contacted the European Commission to establish if they intend to take action on hijiki, which is also on sale across the European Union (EU).
