Comment: Are food additives such as acetaminophen so scary?

Recently, a news was hyped up: the famous brand
Sai Bai flavor
,
Starbucks
sold food, containing a
four food additives
called
azidoleumamide
", this
additive
is also used in the production of yoga mats and soles. Is there a problem with this additive? Is the standard of
relevant
lower than that of other countries?bread contains
"
soles of
" ingredients?Starbucks said in a statement that it had verified with suppliers that wheat flour ingredients used in some pastries sold in Starbucks' Chinese stores contained the additive acetaminophen. However, this additive ingredient is in full compliance with China's relevant food
laws and regulations.reporter interviewed Zhang Jianbo, an associate researcher at the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, about the dangers of acetaminophen. He said that the Joint Committee of Experts on Food Additives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization had evaluated acetaminophen as a food additive and found that the acceptable level of the substance as a flour treatment agent was
0-45
mg
/kg of flour. Therefore, as long as the amount of flour added does not exceed this level, there will be no harm to the health of consumers.but purdue University in the United States, food safety expert Wang Zebin, said that although the substance is not harmful to consumers, but in the production process may cause workers allergies and asthma problems. As a result, some countries in Australia and the European Union prohibit its use as a food additive.plastic containing acetaminophen can be used to produce soles, that is,
"
bread contains sole raw materials
"
? Wang Zebin believes that this understanding lacks logic,
"
starch can be used to produce biodegradable plastics, you can claim that
'
bread contains plastic lunch box ingredients
'
? Many food emulsions are also used in ink production, can you claim
'
ice cream contains ink ingredients
'
?
"Our standards are lower than those of other countries?in fact, in the food sector,
"
Europe and the United States banned, China still
" has been bothering some consumers. Are china's food standards generally lower than those in Europe and the United States? This is not the case.Chinese For example, due to different eating habits, infant milk powder standards, the European protein standards are lower than China, Japan part of the trace element content standards are lower
than chinashould the national standard be formulated? Experts believe that the formulation of national standards must first be scientific and reasonable, and secondly, to guide the development of the industry, the development of operational and implementable standards. Moreover, there are still many enterprise standards and industry standards higher than the national standard, the national standard is only lowest threshold
"
, not
"
ceiling
".why do you
"
add
" color change?Zhang Jianbo pointed out that China's permitted use of food additives, are subject to strict safety assessment and process necessity evaluation, the former mainly to ensure that the use of food additives will not cause harm to the health of consumers, the latter to ensure that food producers and processors use food additives are necessary to ensure that the purpose of its use is to make foodbetter
."why do so many consumers see food additives as flood beasts? Experts believe that government regulators and popular science organizations should strengthen risk exchanges with the public, timely interpretation of doubts, in order to gradually eliminate public anxiety.Chen Junshi, a researcher at the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, has repeatedly called on the government to set up specialized agencies to strengthen risk exchanges, strengthen input and training of specialized personnel, establish authoritative scientific information platforms for the private sector, and work together with all stakeholder groups and individuals to actively participate in and promote scientific risk exchanges.