Ottawa looks for contaminated food, drink from Taiwan

JAMES BRADSHAW 
Globe and Mail Update 
May 29, 2011


Food and drink from Taiwan contaminated with a potentially toxic chemical may have been imported into Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) warned Sunday.

A consumer advisory said the agency is “actively working” with international partners to determine whether items containing DEHP (Di-Ethyl Hexyl Phthalate), one of a family of chemicals known to cause reproductive problems and linked to cancer in some studies, have landed on Canadian shelves.