Soy sauce containing 3-MCPD
Tuesday 21 December 2004
There have been problems with some soy-sauce products with a chemical called 3-MCPD, which could cause cancer. There are limits on the levels of 3-MCPD that can be present in products imported into the UK and the rest of the European Union, so if you are planning to import soy sauce or products containing it, you need to be aware of the rules.
Under European Commission regulation 466/2001, soy sauce can contain levels of 3-MCPD no higher than 0.02 mg/kg. This is for the liquid product containing 40% dry matter, which corresponds to a maximum level of 0.05 mg/kg in the dry matter.