Shenzhen food sampling hot pot ingredients nearly two percent failed

In the cold winter months, the hot pot has become a popular food consumption for many people. However, Shenzhen Food Market Supervision Bureau recently conducted a food sampling inspection and discovered that 38 batches (nearly 20%) of the 200 batches of hotpot raw materials sampled were unqualified, reflecting The safety of hot pot food is not optimistic.

The reporter learned from the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision Bureau on the 2nd that, in order to ensure the safety of holiday foods, the bureau recently conducted food sampling inspections in the catering and circulation sectors. When sampling 200 batches of hot pot raw foods from a number of hot pot restaurants in Shenzhen, 38 batches were discovered. The test failed.

Test items for hotpot ingredients include heavy metals, pathogens, and food additives. Four batches of products, such as beef tendon balls, pork balls, beef balls, and shiitake balls, were sold at supermarkets including Jiamanfu Sungang Branch, Joyland Life Supermarket, and Guanlan Baoli Lili Department Store. These products contained benzene that could not be detected. Formic acid, sorbic acid. Benzoic acid and sorbic acid are commonly used preservatives, but excessive intake can damage the liver and kidneys.

In addition, there were five batches of shiitake mushrooms, dry fungus and other products detected excessive sulfur dioxide residues, including Tianyuan Long commerce company Hongtian shop sales of a mushroom shred sulphur dioxide residue 2 times.

In the food sampling operation, the Shenzhen Market Supervision Bureau also spot-checked 100 batches of school canteen pasta products, of which 87 batches were qualified. Most of the unqualified items tested exceeded the aluminum residue. According to the relevant staff, the problem of excessive aluminum in surface products is generally caused by the lax control of the use of aluminum-containing foam powder in the processing process. Long-term intake may damage the brain, cause dementia, and may cause anemia, osteoporosis, etc. Disease, excessive aluminum in the body can affect children's bone and mental development.

The Shenzhen Market Supervision Administration has taken measures against sampling unqualified products to prevent further substandard products from entering the market.