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    Thailand's Ministry of Public Health monitors food safety during the Thai Vegetarian Festival

    • Last Update: 2021-10-19
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Food Partners ReutersThailand's Public Health Ministry on October 8 news: a division of the Department of Medical Science Department Director-General Supakit, said the ministry in a vegetarian during the festival continued to monitor the security of the people like to eat vegetarian food quality, food will be divided into three groups: Su Meat, noodle vermicelli, fresh fruits and vegetables in Bangkok and surrounding farmer’s markets were tested , and a total of 93 samples were tested
    .
    The results of testing and analysis are as follows:1.
    Vegetarian meat foods, such as: vegetarian duck, vegetarian pork belly, meatballs, salted fish, sausages and other 57 samples, of which 10 samples were detected to contaminate meat DNA, accounting for 17.
    5%
    .
    2.
    Noodle vermicelli, such as: dried noodles, rice noodles, fine noodles, wide noodles and other 15 kinds of samples were not detected in sorbic acid (the product standard stipulates that sorbic acid should not be detected in food), but 9 kinds of samples were found to contain sorbic acid.
    Benzoic acid, which accounts for 60%, has a detection amount of 304-855 mg/kg, which does not exceed the prescribed standard value
    .
    3.
    Fresh fruits and vegetables, such as: kale, celery, lentils, carrots, tomatoes, oranges, apples, Japanese potatoes and other 21 samples.
    Among them, pesticide residues were detected in 5 samples of oranges and apples, accounting for 23.
    8%
    .
           Supakit, Director General of the Department of Medicine, finally stated that people should avoid eating contaminated vegetarian meat (sometimes it may be contaminated by ingredients such as eggs, milk or meat), and purchase vegetarian meat foods at reliable stores, and such products should have labels.
    Identify the place of production, the date of production (date, month and year) and the food serial number approved by the Thai Food and Drug Administration
    .
    People should wash fresh fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating them
    .
    People's consumption of clean, safe and nutritious freshly cooked food is good for their health
    .
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