Select dried fruit and vegetable products do not only look at the "face value" to guard against sulfur dioxide exceeding the standard.

autumn and winter festival, I believe that many
to-consumers
will habitually prepare some high-calorie leisure snacks, can quickly replenish the heat to resist the cold, but also can solve the belly of the "worm." And
red dates
dried,
raisins
,
fruits
honey
types of water
fruit products
is undoubtedly the most popular category.
inspection
department reminded that the selection of
fruits and vegetables
dry products do not only look at the "face value", to be alert to
sulfur dioxide
exceeded the standard..A few days ago, the Macao Civil Agency's Food and Security Center issued a notice, so that the food is not so calm. According to the announcement, the Macao Food safety center in the daily food market sampling supervision found that a chinese brand of pre-packaged red flake samples detected sulfur dioxide content exceeded the standard. A number of different batches of samples from the brand were subsequently taken for testing, and the results showed that each batch contained sulfur dioxide from 2.1 g/kg to 3.3 g/kg, and the Macao Civil Administration has asked suppliers to immediately stop selling and recycling the products..Export food due to sulfur dioxide exceeding the standard was notified, the domestic market is not optimistic. According to the State Administration of Food and Drug Administration and the local food and drug bureau issued the results of the sampling statistics, in this year's announcement of the sampling of non-conforming food, nearly half of the sulfur dioxide over-limit use, involving soy products, fruit and vegetable products, sugar, pastries, pickles and other products, sulfur dioxide has become the worst-hit areas reported..Sulfur dioxide is a food additive allowed at home and abroad, usually in the form of potassium coking sulphate, sodium coking sulphate, sodium sulphate, sodium sulphate, sodium sulphate and other sulphites added to food, or sulfur fumigation is used to treat food, play the role of color protection, anti-corrosion, bleaching and antioxidant. For example, in the fruit, honey, cold fruit production process, sulfur dioxide can prevent browning oxide or microbial contamination, slow down the dry color of the fruit darker, prevent corruption. The use of sulfur dioxide gas fumigated fruit and vegetable raw materials, can inhibit the activity of oxidase in raw materials, so that the color of products bright and beautiful, with a higher "face value." According to the National Standard for Food Safety
Food Additives Standard
(GB 2760-2014), the residual amount of sulfur dioxide in dried fruit products shall not exceed 0.1 g/kg, and the residual amount of sulfur dioxide in honeydew cold fruit shall not exceed 0.35 g/kg. The use of sulfur dioxide is clearly defined in many countries and regions in the world. The daily allowable intake (ADI) of sulfur dioxide (ADI) established by the International Joint Committee of Experts on Food Additives (JECFA) is 0 to 0.7 mg/kgbw..Sulfur dioxide into the human body eventually converted into sulfates and with urine excreted, a small amount of sulfur dioxide into the human body will not bring health hazards, but some vendors in order to product aesthetics, "selling phase" better, excessive use of sulfur dioxide, resulting in sulfur dioxide seriously exceeded the standard. Long-term over-exposure to sulfur dioxide may lead to respiratory diseases and multi-tissue damage in humans..Therefore, inspection and quarantine departments recommend that, in order to avoid eating sulfur dioxide over-standard food, consumers should establish a rational concept of consumption, with the correct attitude to buy food. One is to avoid excessive pursuit of food "face value", such as color too bright fruits, dried fruits and vegetables and so on. Second, try to choose in the formal stores and supermarkets shopping, when buying bulk dry products, first of all smell, there is a clear pungent smell of dry products, containing sulfur dioxide is more likely, it is best not to buy. The third is to learn to look at the label. In accordance with
Food Safety
National Standard Prepackaged Food Labeling General Rules (GB7718), sulfur dioxide must be labeled on food labels as long as it is used in food. Before purchasing, consumers can check the food label to see if sulfur dioxide is added to the food.
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