China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) has reportedly blacklisted products from companies including Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Nestlé over safety concerns.

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According to local reports, in January and February GAQSIQ tests found that 593 imported food products were not safe for human consumption.


The safety watchdog found two batches of P&G’s Pringles potato chips were contaminated with the carcinogen potassium bromate, beetles were discovered in coffee beans imported from Vietnam by Nestle’s Dongguan Branch Company and Coca-Cola’s Fanta was found to contain unacceptable levels of benzoic acid.


Retailers who knowingly sell blacklisted products will be fined CNY50,000 (US$7154.41), the governmental watchdog warned.


Neither Nestlé nor P&G were available for comment as just-food went to press.  

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