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    Yunnan "problem rice" white particulate matter system accidentally mixed into non-artificial adulteration.

    • Last Update: 2020-09-25
    • Source: Internet
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    On the evening of the 17th, yuxi City, Yunnan Province, the Red Tower District Market Supervision Bureau informed the recently reported problem of rice investigation: white suspect particles found in rice for food plastic packaging containers to produce raw materials, rice in the transport, loading and unloading process accidentally mixed in, can exclude intentional doping.
    reported that on May 12, 2017, at 1600 hours, the Red Tower District Market Supervision Authority received a telephone report that the rice purchased at the Limin grain and oil store in Rainbow Bridge was mixed with suspected plastic particles and requested to be handled in accordance with the law. The Red Tower District Market Supervision Authority attached great importance to the immediate dispatch of law enforcement officers to the scene to investigate, and in accordance with the law seized the store's inventory of 13 bags of suspected problem rice (including the whistleblower found the problem returned 9 bags).
    Red Tower District Market Supervision Bureau immediately set up a special investigation team to investigate the incident, the suspected problem rice sampling sent for inspection. At the same time, the organizational strength of the market within the jurisdiction to carry out a comprehensive inspection.
    After investigation, the suspected rice was purchased by Limin Grain and Oil Store in Hongta District on April 20, 2017 from a fine rice processing shop in Kunming's Guandu District, with the packaging labeled "Rice Flower" (Level II), a total of 40 bags (25 kg bags), and 27 bags have been retailed. Of the 13 bags of rice seized by the Market Supervision Authority of the Red Tower District, 11 were produced on "07 April 17" and 2 bags on 15 April 17.
    On 15 May, the Red Tower District Market Supervision Authority opened and sealed 13 bags of suspected problem rice on a bag-by-bag basis, and after investigation, 11 bags (totalling 275 kg) of rice marked "07 April 17", a total of 18.20 grams of suspected white particulate matter were found;
    identified as the white suspect particulate matter for food plastic packaging container production raw materials (chemical name: polybiphenyl glycol esters, referred to as PET). According to the current investigation, the white suspected particulate matter found in the incident was accidentally mixed in the course of transportation, loading and unloading, which can exclude intentional adulteration.
    by the Red Tower District Market Supervision Authority in-depth investigation, as of May 17, 2017 at 18:00, in the Red Tower District area did not find such suspected rice, nor received any related complaints reported. Next, the Red Tower District Market Supervision Authority will deal with the case in accordance with the law. (Chen Jing)
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