Henan: why is fried food prohibited from "aluminum"?

In Henan Province, "baozi fried bean curd and Hu spicy soup, fried bean curd in water" is a common breakfast, but the leavening agent used in fried food contains aluminum, and excessive use will harm the health of diners Recently, the food and Drug Administration of Henan Province announced the spot check results The meat boxes sold by the well-known green shop on hanghai East Road, hulatang, Fang Zhongshan, and the fried dough sticks sold by the fat east of Xinxiang to the life square, together with 40 other enterprises and restaurants, were "on the list" due to excessive aluminum It is a commonplace topic to spot check the aluminum content of meat boxes in green shop, haihangdong Road, hulatang, fangzhongshan, and the aluminum content of fried food such as fried sticks, meat boxes, and oil cakes, but it is related to the "safety on the tip of the tongue" of the public, which has attracted public attention On February 16, Henan food and Drug Administration announced the seventh sampling inspection of food safety supervision in 2017, in which 42 enterprises and restaurants were planted on the "aluminum exceeding standard" Fang Zhongshan hulatang, the meat box sold in the green shop on Haihang East Road, and the fried dough sticks sold in the life square of Pangdong, Xinxiang, are "on the list" As soon as the news was sent, there was heated discussion among the citizens According to the national standard, the aluminum content in the food is ≤ 100mg / kg, but the spot check shows that the detection value of aluminum residue in the meat box (fried) sold in the green shop of hanghai East Road, hulatang, Zhongshan Economic and Technological Development Zone is 432mg / kg The detection value of aluminum residue in fried dough sticks sold by the company is 396mg / kg Mr Jia from the food industry told reporters that aluminum is a "chronic toxin" in the human body, which is difficult to metabolize in the body It will deposit in the brain, liver, bone and other tissues, resulting in brain injury, anemia, osteoporosis, etc., especially for the elderly and children, which can lead to children's intellectual development, motor coordination ability disorder, and induce Alzheimer's disease The harm of aluminum is so great that some netizens exclaim that they have eaten the meat boxes and fried dough sticks that exceed the standard of aluminum They should drink the spicy soup quickly to suppress the fear! In response to A Fang Zhongshan Hu hot soup head: the store is a franchised store, will make complaints about the good reputation of the contract Zhongshan Hu hot soup, this situation, let many netizens Tucao There was an interview with the person in charge of the green shop on Zhongshan hulatang navigation East Road The person in charge of the shop said that he had dealt with it and said that "all materials are uniformly distributed by the head office" Fang Zhongshan hu la Tang has at least 20 stores in Zhengzhou If it is distributed uniformly, is it a common phenomenon or an example that the aluminum in the meat box exceeds the standard? This makes many people who like Fang Zhongshan's spicy soup mutter Yesterday, the reporter of Dahe Daily contacted Fang Jiangbei, the person in charge of the hu la Tang of Fang Zhongshan Fang Jiangbei told the reporter that the store involved is a franchise store, and the meat boxes are not uniformly distributed by the head office "At present, Fang Zhongshan hu la Tang has not the ability to be a central kitchen, just like the hu la soup of the core, and the fungus and wild vegetables are distributed by the head office." Fang Jiangbei said that the incident was really due to the poor supervision of Fang Zhongshan hulatang, and that it would strictly rectify the store, while increasing the management and inspection of other franchise stores "We will definitely use bulking agents such as meat boxes and fried dough sticks If the standard is used, it will not exceed the standard If the new chefs in the stores involved accidentally use too much, we will try our best to unify the standard in the future." At about 4 p.m yesterday, Fang Jiangbei called reporters and said that he would terminate the contract with the franchise store the next day and dismantle the franchise store B Xinxiang fat east to life Square: I'm very sorry After the incident, an aluminum testing laboratory was built Zhu He, the business leader of Xinxiang fat east to life square, told reporters that this was the result of the spot check conducted by the food and Drug Administration last year, when it was found that the aluminum in the fried dough sticks exceeded the standard "He is our joint venture When something happened, the business withdrew and the employees were dismissed." Zhu he said that it really shouldn't have happened and was very guilty "We did use non aluminum foam powder, but it actually contains aluminum At that time, we used three kinds of additives, all of which met the requirements of the food and Drug Department, but they did not meet the requirements after detection Now we only make old-fashioned oil sticks, and we have built an aluminum testing laboratory to ensure that there will be no similar problems." The reporter learned that there are two kinds of bulking agents on the market at present, one is aluminum containing ordinary bulking agent, the other is non aluminum bulking agent, but the cost of non aluminum bulking agent is several times higher than that of ordinary bulking agent At the same time, Zhu He also said that although they use non aluminum foam powder from large manufacturers, it is not really non aluminum, but the content is no more than one thousandth If we use our hands to grasp the estimation based on experience, we will easily overdo it if we are not careful Industry insiders told reporters that some businesses will choose ordinary bulking agents with lower cost At the same time, some small vendors will consciously add more bulking agents to make the fried dough sticks look big and burnt yellow in order to make them more attractive From the results of this sampling, 42 enterprises and restaurants involved in the problem of excessive aluminum content, which is obviously a common problem Netizen @ Feitian thinks it's hard for citizens to define whether the aluminum content of food such as fried dough sticks exceeds the standard The regulatory authorities should strengthen their efforts to avoid the situation that the aluminum content is not prohibited @ Runze and other netizens were not satisfied with the response of Zhongshan hulaitang: "what we went to Fang Zhongshan hulaitang to make is Fang Zhongshan's brand, and the money we paid is also the money of the brand hulaitang We can't think that it has nothing to do with the head office because it's a franchise store, emphasizing that the franchise store feels a bit like" he's a temporary worker " Catering self-discipline, especially the self-discipline of brand catering, has become the most discussed topic among netizens At the same time, some netizens said that at present, some of the chain brand restaurants, some of them will choose direct marketing, some of them will choose the way of joining the chain How to control the quality of products while expanding, is also a topic worthy of discussion How to identify the most common steamed buns and steamed buns containing "aluminum" flour products? The finished products with aluminum food additives look fluffy Look at the fermentation pores after breaking off, and the honeycomb is large; the color will turn white, and the size will be large, so it's hard to restore when pinched Noodles, vermicelli and other flour products mainly depend on whether the noodles will stick and break, because some aluminum containing additives have the effect of anti knot, after adding, the flour products are not easy to stick The aluminum strip will expand greatly The color is yellow It looks a little abnormal It will turn black when it is cold This kind of oil stick not only adds alum, but also uses problem oil, such as old oil and so on The surface of the non aluminum strip looks very small, and the inner core is also relatively solid Part of the sampled units: food with aluminum exceeding the standard; meat box (fried) in green shop, hanghai East Road, hulatang, Zhongshan, Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone Youmotou Xinxiang pangdonglai Life Plaza Co., Ltd fried dough sticks of Zhengzhou Xingyue Times Square Business Development Co., Ltd and wanguoyuan shopping center Wuyi Square store of Henan wanguoyuan Industry Group Co., Ltd Fried dough sticks in Weidu Laodu restaurant, Xuchang; fried dough sticks in shopping mall of Gushi Hualian Commercial Co., Ltd.; fried twist in Xinyang Guoyuan Industrial Co., Ltd Gongyi jinhaolai Supermarket Co., Ltd fried dough sticks; Zhumadian xinbaijiafu Trading Co., Ltd fried dough sticks; Zhoukou Yifeng Industrial Co., Ltd Bayi Road shop fried dough sticks Taikang County Jianye Shopping Plaza Co., Ltd Mahua, Zhicheng District, Zhumadian, dingzhenxuan hot pot store, fried dough sticks, Weihui City Jianye Shopping Plaza Co., Ltd., fried Mahua Daily breakfast pancakes in Xincai County Fengji Ramen restaurant Caijiao in Dongcheng District, Yonghe soybean milk shop Oil cake of Hula soup shop, fangdatong, Chengguan Town, Lushi County; oil cake of Hula soup shop, laodujia, Xiaoyao Town, Yanling County; oil stick of shuanjia Hula soup shop, Hubin District, Sanmenxia City Remarks: aluminum containing additives belong to GB 2760-2014 national food safety standard for use of food additives 》On May 14, 2014, the notice on adjusting the regulations on the use of aluminum containing food additives jointly issued by the state health and Family Planning Commission, the General Administration of quality supervision and inspection, the food and Drug Administration and other departments stipulated that: since July 1, 2014, it is forbidden to use sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium aluminosilicate and aluminum starch octenylsuccinate in the production, operation and use of food additives Aluminum containing food additives shall not be used in the production of expanded food, and aluminum potassium sulfate and aluminum ammonium sulfate shall not be used in the production of wheat flour and its products (except for fried flour products, batters (such as drag batters for fish and poultry meat), wrapping flour and fried flour) Therefore, it is forbidden to use aluminum containing baking powder in the production of fermented noodles, but it can be used in fried foods, such as oil sticks, but the aluminum residue of the finished product after use is not more than 100 mg / kg.