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Recently, the Beijing Xicheng Fuwai a sixth grader Hao Zhang, consumers eat in the laboratory to detect 16 kinds of edible fungi found from Beijing and Fujian, the market of fresh mushrooms over Jiucheng are fluorescent brightener pollution. Experts say too much absorbed by the body whitening agent, it will become a potential cancer-causing factors. While stakeholders followed by Beijing Industry and Commerce Bureau, said the results Newspaper reporter to investigate.
the other ten samples were all According to statistics, fluorescent whitening agent is a kind of fine chemical products used in food processing is strictly prohibited. It is absorbed by the body, it will affect the nervous system, weakened immune system, increase the burden of the liver, but can also lead to cell distortion, excessive contact, will become a potential cancer-causing factors.
interview with reporters yesterday the city to the major wholesale markets and supermarkets, farmers market, said the responsible persons, fluorescent brighteners mushrooms and other fungi has long been the market will be seized when the project is to strengthen the recent inspection, mushrooms has not been found substandard.
sold into the market in recent years, there has been very little 'fluorescent mushrooms' appear. days to several tons of mushroom wholesale, but in the detection of fluorescent whitening agent on this project, are qualified.
Biao said that as the road near to guarantee freshness, in strengthening the management, the group has very few people would use a fluorescent bleaching agent.
, A stall said, those with the soil particles
Cao reporters yesterday afternoon in the mushroom area to see the wholesale market, almost every booth has two kinds of mushrooms on sale, one with mushrooms, although the soil particles will sell well, but the wholesale price 6 yuan to 5.5 yuan to the pound. Another glowing, and even some of the mushroom heads are also great as long as 4.5 per pound.
reporter touched the two mushrooms, dry and rough that the former, the latter delicate tentacles, some slippery, very little surface rust mushroom umbrella. Stall said, white mushrooms cleaned with water, more water, so the price is cheaper. And when a reporter asked what is washed, he insisted from the beginning has been the
one stall to another when a reporter asked, she very readily that the foam is washed with bleach, This name stall, said most black people buy dried mushrooms at home and burning their own food, washed the wet mushrooms are basically into restaurants,
tory burch handbags, canteens and so on. picked fresh from the ground one after another are white mushrooms, some of the most stained soil particles, eliminating the need to use bleach to clean watered. cultivation for many years, the production of mushroom supply most supermarkets, he said, dealers are mostly bleached clean mushrooms is to remove the fresh mushrooms are not generated after the rust spots, but also to weight gain of 20% to 30%.
learned that fresh mushrooms harvested after more than 18 ℃ ambient temperature weather can Transport storage conditions from the mushrooms and sometimes not so good. If the harvesting and transportation process, accidentally grazing to the mushroom, its surface is prone to brown rust and affect appearance. If the mushrooms are far from the origin of Fujian, and transportation used for a long time, it is easy on the road as a whole mushrooms is to use bleach be 'bleached'. inquiry found that various components of the mushroom variety bleach, can be purchased online.
industry sources, the bleaching powder used as a disinfectant has been 100 years of history, because the cheap, easy to use is still being widely used for drinking water, sewage, pollution, environmental disinfection, after the bleach Duishui cleaning and disinfection of fruits and vegetables are also common, the key is the amount and variety. mushroom bleaching longer a secret in the industry, journalists in the line input Sales, titanium dioxide, chlorine dioxide, carbon dioxide and other ingredients are there, and not all main sulfur.
a factory in Shanghai mushrooms bleach to food grade titanium dioxide as the main ingredient, and its sales manager, said food grade titanium dioxide to increase milky degree applicable to all types of food, such as creamy drinks, pudding, cold milk , active milk, noodles, vermicelli, tofu, use it to mushroom whitening is very safe. to Fujian.
In addition, the reporter found that chlorine dioxide, carbon dioxide as the main component of the bleaching agent has sold. Zhengzhou, the company's ads play a word that can keep this mushroom mushroom bleach the natural color, can effectively extend the shelf life of mushrooms, mold and corrosion mushrooms also have a positive effect, not only can be used for a variety of edible fungi can also be used konjac, carrots, fish, preserved fruits and other bleach.
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safety do not fly the majority of bleach
whether these so-called mushroom bleaching agent is safe? As a food additive such as titanium dioxide, an interview with reporters yesterday, the Shanghai Association of Deputy Secretary-General Ji Heli food additives, he said, some products are still hidden.
, allowing its use as a bleaching agent. Chlorine can be added to foods, many exported canned mushrooms is to use it to bleach, but the water content of fresh mushrooms as insufficient, and can not play a role. The fluorescent whitening agent such as a chemical substance, with its bleached certainly harm,
identify mushrooms bleach smell a look at three-second touch
how to identify mushrooms for the presence of fluorescent brighteners, etc., industry sources said, a look at colors: fluorescent whitening agent containing edible bacteria, the surface of white light, there is the feeling of washing, without optical brighteners, and mushrooms appear before a white or slightly yellowish; two surfaces touch mushrooms: with fluorescent brighteners, surface smooth, feel good, there are moist feeling, the surface of powder and some things, does not contain fluorescent brighteners astringent mushroom surface, surface stained with mud, feels rough and dry; three smell it, the normal white mushrooms smell the existence of a natural fragrance, is bleaching mushrooms There may be pungent aroma of bleach.