A number of Sydney shops have been fined for illegally adding sulphur dioxide to meat.

Australia
New South Wales
Sout food safety
Bureau recently announced that a number of
meat products
shops in Sydney were
tested
out of the illegal use of
chemical
ingredients
Sulfur oxide
(SO2), non-conforming meat products including
sausage
, meat filling,
meatballs
and
beef
and so on, seriously threatening the public
health and safety
. The authorities have fined merchants
illegally
the use of this additive.. In the past year, the WA Food Safety Authority has checked 1500 merchants, News Corp Australia reported. Of these, 17 were fined for illegal use of sulphur dioxide. The offending merchants were placed on a food safety "blacklist" by the authorities, including 7-11 convenience stores.. It is understood that sulfur dioxide is often used as a preservative and added to
Meat
, so that fresh meat to maintain the bright red color that consumers like, but illegal use of excessive standards will have adverse effects on human health, may lead to asthma, allergies and gastrointestinal irritation and other symptoms.. Reported that the New State
fel food safety
bureau regulations show that sulfur dioxide as
food additives
, can be limited to use in minced meat, sausages, all kinds of sausages and sausage products, but can not add more than 500 mg per kilogram; The addition of sulfur dioxide is not allowed at all, including minced meat, hamburger meat labeled "100% meat", fresh raw meat, game or poultry, uncooked fermented meat products, processed (or preserved) whole meat cut pieces, and preserved meat such as bacon and beef jerky.. It is reported that the illegal use of sulfur dioxide, will violate local food standards regulations, personal fines up to 55,000 Australian dollars, the company fines up to 275,000 Australian dollars.
.