Four hidden dangers threaten food security

Introduction: in today's consumer warning, the Chinese Consumer Association said that there are four major hidden dangers in China's food security They are: flour added whitening agent exceeds the standard At present, benzoyl peroxide is widely used as whitening agent in flour factories According to the food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the amount of benzoyl peroxide shall not be more than 75 ppm In 1996, China's food additive Committee stipulated that the maximum amount of benzoyl peroxide allowed to be added to flour is 60 ppm However, up to now, there are still many factories that do not add whitening agents according to relevant standards, and the maximum use of flour whitening agents in some factories has reached 100 ppm Recently, 94 kinds of flour were sampled by the relevant departments of the state, and only 13 kinds of flour were not added benzoyl peroxide 53x uses industrial calcium phosphate and talcum powder as whitening agent carrier In order to reduce the production cost, some manufacturers use industrial grade calcium phosphate or even talcum powder as the carrier of benzoyl peroxide to increase the lubrication of flour The city administration of Xicheng District of Beijing found the problem of mixing talcum powder in the flour during the law enforcement inspection The flour is white and smooth If you don't look carefully, you think it's flour with good color and feel 53x in flour and flour products, add the "hanging white block" prohibited by the state In order to obtain huge profits, some outlaws use the bleaching agent "dangbai" which has been banned by the state for a long time, pretending to be flour whitening agent, and put it on the market in large quantities The chemical name of "dangbai block" is formaldehyde sodium bisulfite, which is a bleaching agent used in industrial production If you take 10 grams of it, you will die Formaldehyde is produced by decomposition of "hanging white block" in the process of processing Recently, a health and epidemic prevention agency in Guangdong found that formaldehyde was detected in some flour products After the investigation of flour samples from several local flour wholesalers and retail self-employed businesses, it was found that more than 10 brands of flour contained formaldehyde In addition, according to the law enforcement inspection of relevant departments in Wuhan, 93% of rice flour in the catering market in Wuhan contains formaldehyde In order to process the inferior rice into white rice flour, some illegal operators in Wuhan use "hanging white block" in large quantities According to the rough calculation of the local law enforcement department, the daily formaldehyde consumption for rice flour processing in the market is more than 500 kg 53x some small and medium-sized restaurants in some places use a lot of rice flour products containing formaldehyde A noodle shop owner in Lanzhou admitted that most of the cheap flour used in small and medium-sized restaurants has problems, "one is willing to sell, the other is willing to eat, as long as there is no human life on the spot, there is nothing." It is this profitable illegal sales way that forms a special living space for harmful flour and rice flour Some restaurants have become "transfer stations" for harmful flour and rice flour to flow to the market Even if the law enforcement inspection is carried out, due to technical reasons, it is rare to spot check the rice flour and flour in restaurants, so these restaurants have become "safe havens" for harmful flour and rice flour 53x (author:) to feed Weibo to: