In response to media reports that a baby girl was suspected of precocious puberty because of eating a certain brand of milk powder, Deng Haihua, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, said at a regular press conference on June 5438+00 that the Ministry of Health attached great importance to this and had instructed the Office of the Leading Group for Food Safety Supervision of Hubei Province to check it and properly handle it as soon as possible. The results will be announced as soon as possible.
It is understood that the Office of the Leading Group for Food Safety Supervision in Hubei Province has organized relevant local departments to conduct investigation and handling, take samples of the brand for laboratory testing, and organize medical clinical experts to conduct consultations on baby girls. At the same time, an epidemiological survey was conducted to analyze the relationship between the illness of baby girls and the consumption of milk powder.
Deng Haihua said that children's precocious puberty should have strict and scientific diagnostic criteria in clinic, which can be divided into true precocious puberty and false precocious puberty. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, pseudoprecocious puberty and simple breast development are the most common precocious puberty phenomena in girls' development, with an incidence rate of two thousandths.
He said that experts believe that the causes of precocious puberty in children are complicated, and most of them are unknown. Whether it is simple early breast development or true precocious puberty, it is still impossible to determine the relationship between patients and specific food or environment. 2. Estrogen is not allowed to be detected in milk powder
The Ministry of Health made a public response to the Shengyuan milk powder incident at the press conference held today. Deng Haihua, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, said that estrogen is not allowed to be detected in milk powder. Relevant departments in Hubei Province are organizing testing and investigation, and the results will be released to the public as soon as possible. According to Wang Shuhuai, a researcher at China Veterinary Drug Monitoring Institute, China has established the limit standard for the detection of estrogen in milk powder and the related detection methods. The detection methods of animal foods including meat and eggs have been announced, and the standard of milk powder will be announced soon.
Regarding the issue of estrogen in milk powder, the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the use of two estrogens as veterinary drugs. One is follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, which are normal hormones in cattle. As a veterinary drug, it can only be used when the estrogen level of animals is insufficient during estrus and reproduction. If it is used in the lactation period of cattle, it will reduce the lactation amount.
Deng Haihua said that estrogen is not allowed to be detected in milk powder, and it is not allowed internationally, so it is not allowed to be detected in the standard. The agricultural department has formulated the detection methods in this respect and provided them to Hubei Province. Relevant parties in Hubei Province are working hard to do this work and will announce the results to the public as soon as they are available.
3. Latest progress
According to the latest news of China Ministry of Health on June 5438+02, at the request of Hubei Province, the Ministry of Health is directly investigating cases of precocious puberty in infants. The Ministry of Health has entrusted relevant technical institutions to test the milk powder samples collected from children's homes and markets in Hubei Province.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health has invited the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention to take the lead and set up an expert group composed of nine experts in the fields of endocrinology, pediatrics, maternal and child, food safety, etc. , in conjunction with the relevant places to conduct a special study on cases of precocious puberty in infants.
Deng Haihua, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said at the 3 p.m. press conference on 20 10: According to media reports, there are cases of precocious puberty caused by infants eating Shengyuan milk powder.
The detection values of estrogen and progesterone in children's family samples were 0.5μg/kg and 33μg/kg, respectively. The test results are in line with the content range reported in domestic and foreign literatures.
Deng Haihua said that Shengyuan milk powder samples came from surplus milk powder in Children's Home, Hubei Province, and Youbo and Youcong samples sold in Wuhan, Beijing and other places in Hubei Province, with a total of 42 samples; 20 brand products of other 14 enterprises at home and abroad, ***3 1 samples were also taken.
Deng Haihua emphasized that according to the comprehensive test results and clinical consultation opinions, the expert group of the Ministry of Health assessed that there was no correlation between the simple early breast development of three infants in Hubei and the consumption of Shengyuan Youbo infant milk powder, and the hormone content of Shengyuan milk powder and other infant milk powder sampled in the market was normal. Shengyuan was accused of wanting to pay 200,000 yuan.
According to a newspaper report, two other precocious girls in Wuhan ate the same brand of milk powder. According to Deng Xiaoyun, during the treatment, Shengyuan's agent repeatedly asked her to understand the child's situation and offered compensation. "At first Shengyuan said he was willing to pay 2000 yuan, but I didn't agree. Later, I accidentally mentioned 200,000 compensation. If I agreed at that time, they should be willing to negotiate. "
Deng Xiaoyun said that the reason why he refused to accept Shengyuan's compensation proposal was to cure the child's illness and understand what caused the disease. "If there is nothing wrong with their milk powder, why should they pay?" Although doctors in the hospital also suspect that the precocious puberty of baby girls may be related to the milk powder they eat, they are still very cautious. According to Yao Hui, I didn't expect to register and summarize relevant cases before. Judging from several cases she has handled, there are some homosexuals in her situation. "But so far, I haven't seen whether it is necessarily related to milk powder, but I can't conclude that there will be no problem with milk powder."
Which link has gone wrong, the parties are still inconclusive. Be careful what you say.
Compared with the judgment that the parents of three baby girls are highly suspicious of the precocious puberty caused by milk powder, the relevant hospitals and functional departments are more cautious. "There is not enough evidence to prove that the baby's precocious puberty is caused by milk powder." Director Zhang of the Marketing Propaganda Department of Wuhan Children's Hospital said that at the end of July, Hubei Provincial Health Department, Quality Supervision Bureau, Food Hygiene Supervision Bureau, Industry and Commerce and other departments held a meeting to discuss the problem of precocious puberty in infants. "Experts at the meeting also said that precocious puberty in children is not uncommon, but precocious puberty in infants is relatively rare. No conclusion was reached at the meeting, but we were asked to report the situation in time. "
Director Zhu of the Medical Administration Department of the Health Department of Hubei Province said, "The Health Department consulted experts at that time, and they thought that the situation of precocious puberty was normal and the reasons were complicated." Director Zhu is unwilling to talk more about whether the cases of precocious puberty in infants are related to eating milk powder.
The staff of the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau said that it is not known whether the Quality Supervision Bureau has been involved in the investigation. "If there is a problem in the production process, we will be responsible. If there is a problem with sales, the Trade and Industry Bureau should be responsible. " No personal applications are accepted, and there is no hormone test.
The most direct way to find out the pathology is to test milk powder. However, the relevant testing institutions do not accept individual applications, and the testing indicators of authoritative departments for milk powder do not include hormones. Previously, Deng Xiaoyun and other parents also wanted to send milk powder inspection, but they were "undetectable". Some quality supervision and testing institutions rejected parents' personal applications.
Two national dairy products quality inspection centers authorized by AQSIQ-the National Dairy Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center in Harbin and the National Dairy Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center in Hohhot. The staff of these two institutions said that it is impossible to conduct hormone testing on milk powder. Both institutions said, "We can only check the items specified in the national standard of milk powder, and hormones are not among them."
The staff of the above two inspection centers said that hormones are actually medicines, and milk powder cannot contain hormones. "It is impossible to have any content." They also said that if testing is needed, it is recommended to try the drug testing department or the health department.
The staff of China Institute for Drug Inspection, which is in charge of drug inspection by the State Administration of Pharmaceutical Products, said that, except for some health foods, China's drug inspection departments did not carry out food inspection business. "To test the hormone components in milk powder, it is definitely not allowed to be submitted for inspection, and individual applications are not accepted".
In addition, according to a source, the Wuhan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported the problem to the Wuhan Food Safety Committee after receiving the relevant materials of three baby girls suspected of precocious puberty due to eating milk powder, but the Wuhan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that it could not express its opinions on this matter.
The quality supervision department claims that hormones are not within the scope of inspection, just like the Sanlu incident at the beginning, and melamine is not within the scope of inspection, because it is not the raw material added by the state, which has caused so many years of light life to be hurt. Now our quality inspection department has given the same explanation. What is worth not knowing is that arsenic is added to milk powder in the future, and the quality supervision department will not say that this is not within the scope of inspection. What's the use of our quality supervision department? It is better to cancel this department directly, so as not to waste food and raise a group of idle and useless people. Milk powder "precocious door": experts say milk source may contain estrogen.
Ding Zongyi, a member of the Children's Health Care Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, believes that the evidence presented in this incident can't lead to the conclusion that "formula milk powder causes precocious puberty in infants". Because hormones can not only enter the human body through food intake, but also through environmental factors such as air, water and plant pollen.
To confirm the relationship between precocious puberty and milk powder, we should do the following steps: first, confirm whether the patient really belongs to precocious puberty; The second is to measure the hormone content in milk powder; The third is to understand the child's real consumption situation, rather than saying that you ate and I ate; Fourth, the scientific conclusion between the two is drawn after the experiment of the national authority.
There is no need to add hormones in the processing of milk powder, because it will not increase the taste, increase the output and reduce the cost, but will greatly increase the production cost. From the point of view of no interest and no motivation, this link is impossible. But it is possible in the raw milk link. Some dairy factories will use antibiotics and hormones when cows are sick, blindly increasing milk production. So we don't rule out problems at this stage. First, hormones contained in food or drugs can lead to precocious puberty in children, such as hormones contained in some nutrients; Second, the influence of environmental hormones, such as how much meat and milk can be produced by injecting estrogen into livestock, and the hormone feed eaten by fish and shrimp may be one of the reasons for precocious puberty; Third, junk food will also increase the risk of precocious puberty. For example, fried food may bring obesity to children, lead to endocrine disorders and lead to precocious puberty. Fourth, pornographic information can also cause precocious puberty, which is of course aimed at some older children. Our products can't make babies precocious.
In response to the report that "three girls in Wuhan are precocious", Mr. Wang, the assistant of Zhang Ying Jiu, the head of the public relations department of Shengyuan Milk Powder Company, said that according to the information they learned, the relevant departments in Wuhan, Hubei Province have been involved in the investigation of this matter. The staff member said: "We think the same as consumers and hope that the testing department will announce the results as soon as possible. This is the most effective way to solve this doubt. This will not arouse the suspicion of consumers, including our company is also suffering some losses. "
Earlier, Zhang Ying Jiu said in an interview that he had learned from the Internet that consumers had sent milk powder for inspection, but the official testing agency had not announced the results so far. "In mid-July, consumers came to negotiate, and the company said that it would send consumers for inspection. If the product does have problems, the company can provide compensation. But consumers did not accept it. "
Regarding whether Shengyuan milk powder can lead to precocious puberty in infants, Zhang Ying Jiu insisted that there are many reasons for precocious puberty in infants, but it can't be caused by eating milk powder. "I can tell you for sure that our products can't make babies precocious." Shengyuan brand milk powder was sold as usual and was not notified. The supermarket will pay close attention to the progress of the incident. In a supermarket in Fengtai, Beijing, Shengyuan Youbo, Shengyuan Youcong and other milk powders are on sale, and some are still doing promotions. Salespeople have never even heard of precocious puberty caused by Shengyuan milk powder, saying that previous consumers still chose imported brand milk powder. "The quality of milk powder is really worrying." Ms. Qian, a citizen who saw the news on the Internet early in the morning, said that she wanted to buy Shengyuan Youbo milk powder as a gift, so she had to give up and buy another brand.
Carrefour and wu mart officials said that supermarkets will pay close attention to the development of this incident, but they also need to be cautious. Whether to take it off the shelf depends on the notice of government departments and manufacturers, but no information has been received in this regard.
The staff said that the supermarket will not accept the return for the time being before receiving the return notice. If you are worried about Shengyuan milk powder, you can stop eating it for the time being and keep the shopping receipt.
Beijing Consumers Association also said last night that it had not received any complaints about Shengyuan milk powder for the time being. As of the opening of the US stock market on the 9th, the share price of Shengyuan International listed on NASDAQ still fell sharply, once falling by more than 35%. At the close, Shengyuan's share price rebounded to close at $65,438 +02.72, a decrease of 26.94%. On the same day, Shengyuan issued a statement saying that the company had entrusted a law firm to sue the exposed media Phoenix Satellite TV. Ministry of Health officials said at the news conference on June 5438+00 that because children's precocious puberty can be divided into true precocity and false precocity, false precocity refers to simple breast development, the prevalence rate is about two thousandths, and the reasons are complicated. Experts can't infer whether these two precocious puberty manifestations have a specific relationship with the eating environment.
Song Kungang, chairman of China Dairy Industry Association, said: "What we eat and use at present, including washing products, may lead to precocious puberty in children, so we should not lightly blame dairy products." It is necessary to investigate and verify whether the hormone content in milk is normal, such as the content in milk and the content in dairy products. Milk itself contains sex hormones, but these are few and not enough to lead to precocious puberty.