According to the relevant provisions of the National Food Safety Standards, the synthetic sweetener sodium saccharin cannot be used in the twist production process, but some merchants still replace sugar with sodium saccharin to reduce costs - a few days ago, the crisp twist flower produced by Chongqing Quancheng Food Co., Ltd. was detected with sodium saccharin, confiscated illegal gains and fined 50,000 yuan.
Jiulongpo District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau (2021) No. 148 Administrative Penalty Decision disclosed that Chongqing Quancheng Food Co., Ltd. produced and sold crisp twist (charcoal-grilled steak flavor) puffed food (specification model: bulk weighing) on April 22, 2021, in the circulation field sampling inspection, the saccharin sodium (in terms of saccharin) project did not meet the requirements of GB2760-2014 "National Standard for Food Safety Food Additive Use Standards", and the inspection conclusion was unqualified. The cost price of the product is 9 yuan / kg, the sales price is 11 yuan / kg, the sampling base is 5 kg, the value of the goods is 45 yuan, and the profit is 10 yuan.
According to reports, sodium saccharin is a synthetic sweetener, 200-300 times sweeter than sucrose, but not absorbed by human metabolism, eating more will affect the normal secretion of gastrointestinal digestive enzymes, reduce the absorption capacity of the small intestine, and reduce appetite.
According to the national GB2760-2014 "National Standard for Food Safety" and the standard for the use of food additives, the scope of use of sodium saccharin does not include confectionery products including twist. Accordingly, the Jiulongpo District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued a warning to Chongqing Quancheng Food Co., Ltd. and fined 50,000 yuan, while confiscating illegal gains.
According to reports, Chongqing Quancheng Food Co., Ltd. was founded in 1994, and its production of old sugar shop crisp twist is a net red snack food, and sodium saccharin was detected twice this year. On May 31, the Jiulongpo District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau received a report from the Chongqing Municipal Food and Drug Inspection and Testing Institute entrusted by the Chongqing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau to conduct testing - the company's crisp twist (onion flavor) puffed food produced on April 8, 2021 was also detected with sodium saccharin and fined 15,000 yuan.
According to the reporter's understanding, in order to reduce the cost of the twist flower production enterprises that replace sugar with sodium saccharin, it is not a Chongqing Quancheng Food Co., Ltd. On August 13, the Chongqing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau released the food sampling information no. 42 of 2021, showing that the twist flowers produced by Chongqing Jindexin Food Factory were also detected with sodium saccharin.
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