Tag: Food Safety

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How deep is your misunderstanding about food preservatives?

People pay more and more attention to food safety, and we all want to eat healthy and reassuring food. Therefore, under the catalysis of some media, food preservatives have become the target of public criticism. Many people will think that preservatives are [poisons], and eating foods added with preservatives will harm their health. In fact, over the years, food preservatives have been wronged by everyone. A wronged preservative When it comes to preservatives, people often think they are harmful. In fact, this is a big misunderstanding. First of all, we must be clear: in a broad sense, any substance is toxic, and talking about toxicity without dosage is hooliganism. Even the indispensable water and oxygen in our life will cause Read More …

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Illegal cooking oil lurks, can you still eat happily?

When you go out to eat, you are most afraid of encountering gutter oil. Many people think that it is difficult to swallow the gutter oil lurking in the spicy and hot pot they ordered. In recent years, food safety incidents broke out from time to time, many of which are also closely related to gutter oil. Is what gutter oil? Is it harmful to what? How should we avoid eating gutter oil? Is what gutter oil? In fact, there is no consistent definition of [gutter oil]. What we usually call “gutter oil” is a narrow term, which generally refers to the waste oil collected from canals (gutter), that is, the oil collected from greasy floaters in sewers or the Read More …

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Live fish anesthetized? Don’t worry too much

Nutritionists often say that four legs are not as good as two, Two legs are better than no legs], It means that the fish is very good. In the past, only people living at the water’s edge could eat fresh aquatic products. Even because of inconvenient transportation, It has produced such exotic flowers as [mandarin fish]. With the innovation of technology, Live fish can now be easily eaten even in inland areas, These technological innovations include oxygen supply equipment, low-temperature transportation, etc. But there are also some [technologies] that are not very reassuring. The illegal use of malachite green and excessive use of antibiotics, which were often reported in newspapers a few years ago, have become commonplace. Recently, the media Read More …

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Can the bottled water put on the car be drunk after insolation?

Many people are used to putting bottled mineral water and bottled drinks in their cars. In case of summer heat. However, there has been a rumor on the Internet that [mineral water in cars will release carcinogens when exposed to the sun]. It is said that bottled water left in cars should not be drunk because plastic bottles will react chemically when heated, producing carcinogens and causing people to suffer from cancer. Can bottled water still be drunk? Is insolation really unsafe? What are plastic bottles? If you are interested in turning over all kinds of plastic containers you usually use, you will find that most of the bottom or side near the bottom have the following icons. These icons Read More …

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Organic food, what truth do you have to know?

In recent years, organic food has become more and more popular, and many people only choose organic food when shopping in supermarkets. However, businesses have also taken the opportunity to publicize that organic food does not use chemical additives, is pure natural, more nutritious and safer, and many consumers are flocking to it. However, is organic food really better? Is it worth people’s love? Truth 1: Organic food is not necessarily safer. Organic food is actually a product produced, processed and sold according to the standards of organic products for human consumption and animal use. In fact, organic food is produced and processed without synthetic chemicals, such as fertilizers, chemical pesticides and chemical growth regulators. But will it be safer? Read More …

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What is the FDA’s ban on artificial trans fatty acids?

What is the ban on artificial trans fatty acids? For the sake of the heart health of Americans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a ruling on June 16, 2015 to gradually remove artificial trans fatty acids from processed foods. Trans fatty acids are naturally found in dairy products and ruminant meat, while artificial trans fatty acids mainly come from industrially produced partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. In the past, partially hydrogenated oils were classified as “recognized safe”. FDA this time rejected this view and set a 3-year adaptation period. After the adaptation period, the addition of partially hydrogenated oils to human foods is prohibited unless otherwise approved. For consumers, FDA encourages checking the food’s ingredient list for partially Read More …

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Crayfish, do you want to eat or not? How to eat safely?

It is said that love and food cannot be failed, and crayfish seems to have become a delicious food in the hot summer. However, there are various doubts about whether crayfish can be eaten. Dr. Clove will answer a series of questions about crayfish today. Is crayfish shrimp or worm? The crayfish is a crustacean called Procambarus clarkii, It is a kind of food similar to the freshwater shrimp we usually eat. Crayfish has been reported fiercely before: rumors say that it grows in dirty environment such as gutters and carries a large number of parasites and heavy metals, and even some say that crayfish was originally brought in from Japan [for decontamination]. The Japanese do not eat it, only Read More …

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Health risks in foods containing aluminium

A song [soya-bean milk fried dough sticks] once resonated with many people because it sang the sweet state of lovers. Many Chinese eat breakfast in the same way, and have eaten it for many years. However, fried dough sticks may contain an unhealthy element-aluminum. Do you know which foods contain aluminum? Does it affect our health in what? Where does aluminum in food come from? Aluminum is a rich metal element in the earth’s crust. It is also widely used in daily life and can be used to make cooking utensils, food packaging materials, etc. Therefore, aluminum may exist in diet, but the natural content of aluminum in food is usually not high. The survey shows that the aluminum people Read More …

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McDonald’s Stop Using Antibiotic Chicken?

The latest rumor that McDonald’s announced that it would stop using antibiotics in chickens is half true. The truth is that McDonald’s will require suppliers to stop using some antibiotics used by human beings within two years, not completely. It undoubtedly stirred our fragile nerves again. When we talked about chicken, Always associated with antibiotic residues and excessive hormones. Many members of the public, Including the media, all believe that antibiotics and hormones must be added to the feed, and antibiotics and hormone residues are inevitable in chicken and eggs. [Broilers grow fast and are related to the addition of growth hormones in the feed] [Laying hens lay eggs and are mostly related to the addition of sex hormones in Read More …

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[Vampire Drink] Don’t Buy

Recently, many media have revealed that a variety of [brand] blood bag beverages called [vampire beverage] [vampire diary beverage] [vampire plasma beverage] [vampire energy beverage] [simulated plasma] are selling well on the Internet and in physical stores. The blood bag packaging of such products is similar to medical plasma, and some of them are labeled to distinguish [A, B, AB, O, Other] and other types. After investigation, such products were produced without the approval of any department. The vast majority have only English labels, Product labels are not standardized, Belonging to the “three noes” product, Some mark false manufacturers and production license numbers, Drinking as a beverage has great potential food safety hazards. This kind of [three noes] product, which Read More …