According to the Canadian Health Ministry news, June 1, the Canadian Ministry of Health issued a notice to ethylene oxide (Ethylene Oxide) as fumigant pesticides, remove the “other uses of food additives list.”
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October 5, 1971, Canada will be ethylene oxide as a fragrance fumigant, used to inhibit some of the pathogenic microorganisms. After that, in 1976, according to the requirements of the Pesticides Act, ethylene oxide was used only for the sterilization and fumigation of spices.
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The Canadian Department of Health believes that ethylene oxide as a fuming agent is more appropriate, in line with the “pesticide Act” as a pesticide definition.
In 2013, the Canadian Pest Management Board again evaluated the safety of ethylene oxide and considered it necessary to remove ethylene oxide from the list of food additives.
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In view of the above, the Canadian Ministry of Health to ethylene oxide out of the list of food additives, comments for the deadline for August 15, 2017.
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