It was said that many of Taiwan’s food ingredient suppliers were told to recall their products after the Department of Health detected a harmful ingredient called DEHP in their products. Without a doubt, it is very unethical for some of these companies to be carelessly putting harmful chemicals, such as the cancer causing DEHP, into the food and drinks that we eat.
I am sure that many parents have been giving their children these candies and drinks (that contained these harmful chemicals) as treats for quite a long time. I know that I have consumed some of the food and drinks mentioned in the news article above. It is unfair for consumers since they do not know about the harmful chemicals in the food they buy until there is a recall. As a consumer myself, I will be watching what I buy, now that I know some of the contaminated products have been exported around the world and may even be shipped into Vancouver as well. These 167 food ingredient suppliers in Taiwan will cause other food and drink manufacturers in Taiwan to lose tons of business due to their carelessness in putting chemicals into food ingredients just to cut costs. I think that it is very unethical for companies to be putting cheap but harmful ingredients in their products since they are putting people’s health in danger.
