Taiwan Authorities Confiscate, Destroy China-Made Chopsticks Containing Formaldehyde

Taiwan customs recently found China-made chopsticks that contain formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. Screenshot via Taobao.com

Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (TW-FDA) published a list of unqualified consumer products on April 16, which included 35,000 pairs of China-made chopsticks that were seized by Taiwan customs because they contained formaldehyde, a known carcinogen.

From the photo TW-FDA posted, one can see from the chopsticks’ packaging that the label lists the products as made of resin, but the TW-FDA said in a press conference that the utensils were in actuality made out of plastic.

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The 35,000 pairs of chopsticks were packaged in sets of 10 into 3,500 products labeled under the brand “Jia Yan,” according to the TW-FDA.