The municipality banned the sale of wheat flour from a brand well known to Brazilians
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) imposed a ban on a brand of wheat flour, due to the presence of rat hair in the product. It is worth remembering that the news was confirmed by a Globo newspaper. Check out more details about this shocking situation below.
According to information released by the portal ‘O Globo’, Globo’s digital newspaper, the Proteste Consumers Association carried out a safety test on a brand of wheat flour. Thus, an analysis based on Anvisa regulations revealed fragments of insects and rat hair in the Sol brand flour.
J.Macêdo, manufacturer of the Sol brand, has more than 83 years of history, and is one of the largest and most respected companies in the sector in Brazil. It is the second largest pasta company, present in the homes of millions of Brazilians. However, in 2017, the company found itself in a complicated situation involving the quality of its product.
In wheat flour, according to Anvisa, it is allowed to have up to 75 insect fragments in 50g of food. However, in the Sol brand product, according to Proteste, 25 fragments of insects and one mouse hair were found. Although the number of insects is within the law determined by regulations, rodent hair is not allowed in these products.
To give you an idea, Anvisa allows a small amount of mouse hair in some foods. Like sauces and ketchup, but in flour this rule does not apply. At the time, Proteste demanded that the product that did not comply with the standard be removed from the market and requested a review of Anvisa Resolution 14.
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Positioning of the manufacturing company
J.Macêdo, manufacturer of the Sol brand, issued a statement stating that nothing irregular was identified in its analyses. Check out:
“J.Macêdo, manufacturer of Sol wheat flour, has laboratory reports accredited by ANVISA that attest that no non-conformities were identified in the month of production indicated by the partial batch number published by Proteste. The same goes for the months before and after the fact, regarding the presence of foreign materials.”
“J.Macêdo has proofs of the production batches and has already subjected them to examination in an external laboratory accredited by ANVISA, in order to protect and give its consumers the guarantee of its rigor in relation to its manufacturing procedures”, said the company .
Situation today (28) of the brand
The Sol brand had all its products regularized after the incident and has not had any new problems with Anvisa in recent years. In this way, it continues to operate fully in the market with its products that follow the standards established by the agency.
Does Anvisa allow mouse hair in food?
Brazilian legislation tolerates not only rat hair, but also pieces of flies, cockroaches, ants, sand, human hair, webs and even animal excrement. As long as they are within the limit established by Anvisa regulations.
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