| A batch of Mengniu milk was found to contain excessive levels of flavacin M1 -- a substance linked to liver cancer, the country's top quality watchdog said over the weekend, Eastday.com reported. |
據東方網報道，國家質檢總局周六表示，蒙牛乳業有限公司生產的一批次牛奶被檢出黃曲霉素M1超標，可致肝癌。 |
| The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said during a routine inspection flavacin M1 was discovered in a batch of boxed milk produced on October 18 at the company's plant in Meishan, in the southwestern province of Sichuan. |
國家質檢總局稱，蒙牛該批次超標的產品為蒙牛集團四川眉山公司2011年10月18日生產的盒裝純牛奶產品。 |
| The Inner Mongolia-based Mengniu Dairy Group apologized to consumers on Sunday and said the tainted products have been destroyed. |
對此，蒙牛集團周日向全國消費者致歉，并表示已經對問題產品進行銷毀。 |
| Tests showed that the milk contained flavacin levels of 1.2 micrograms per kilogram -- 140 times higher than the country's permitted level. The batch did not reach the market, officials said. |
質檢總局檢測顯示，蒙牛該批次產品被檢測出黃曲霉素M1實測值為每千克1.2微克，超標140%，不過該批次問題產品未流入市場。 |
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Flavacin M1 can cause severe liver damage, including liver cancer.
(China.org.cn December 27, 2011)
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黃曲霉毒素的危害性在于對人及動物肝臟組織有破壞作用，可導致肝癌。 |
![A batch of Mengniu milk was found to contain excessive levels of flavacin M1 -- a substance linked to liver cancer, the country's top quality watchdog said over the weekend. [File photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111227/000cf1bdc9db1063bf6112.jpg "A batch of Mengniu milk was found to contain excessive levels of flavacin M1 -- a substance linked to liver cancer, the country's top quality watchdog said over the weekend. [File photo]")
