Recently, a well-known bread has been in trouble
"Frozen age" bread appears again,
And many Hangzhou people take it as breakfast
Ms. Wang, a citizen of Zibo, Shandong Province, recently told reporters that the Tao Li brand staple bread she bought in August last year did not show any mildew and decay after half a year of expiration, which was comparable to "freezing age", and Ms. Wang suspected that a large number of food preservatives were added to it. In this regard, the bread manufacturer Shandong Taoli Bread Co., Ltd. said in an interview with reporters that the addition of preservatives to bread meets national standards.
Although it has been overdue for more than half a year, the bread purchased by Ms. Wang has not been moldy and deteriorated.
Expired for half a year without mold
"The production date is August 18, 2020, the shelf life is 7 days, and it is reasonable to say that it has expired for more than half a year. But just like that, like the new one, nothing has changed. In early March, Ms. Wang, a citizen of Zibo, inadvertently pulled out a bag of unopened peach and plum sliced bread, and she was very confused when she saw the production date and then looked at the bag of forgotten bread.
Although it has expired for more than half a year, Ms. Wang's bag of peach and plum sliced bread does not look like mold or deterioration from the outside. "In addition to the appearance, I touched its texture is still soft, and I don't smell a pungent odor. I couldn't tell if it was broken or not, and I wanted to know why. ”
According to Ms. Wang's recollection, the bag of bread was bought last summer at a small shop in Zhangdian District, Zibo City, and since then she has been in a locker and forgot to eat it, and the packaging bag and sealing mouth are intact.
The reporter saw from the photo that the bag of the bread was clearly marked with a shelf life of 7 days, room temperature, and protected from light. Food additives are calcium sulfate, vitamin C, calcium propionate and sodium dehydroacetate. The method of consumption indicates that "please eat quickly after opening, do not eat after expiration or spoil".
According to the data, calcium propionate (sodium) is a food preservative, which has a strong inhibitory effect on mold, gram-negative bacilli, aerobic bacillus, etc., and can also inhibit the production of aflatoxin, which is harmless to yeast, harmless to humans and animals, and has no toxic side effects. Used in bread making can increase the pH of bread and delay the fermentation of raw noodles. Sodium dehydroacetate is also a food preservative allowed in bread, which has a strong bacteriostatic effect on yeast and mold.
"Could it be that there's a lot of preservatives in it?" Tao Li brand bread eats more and is very worried. And the bread has not changed a little, will it continue to sell with a production label? Ms. Wang said.
This is not the first time it has appeared
Many netizens said
I've been in the same situation.
Netizens @sandae left a message saying: "The peach and plum bread I bought, put it in the refrigerator for half a month, and it has not changed at all, I directly threw it away." ”
In the Douban group's "uneaten peach and plum on the bedroom table for five months without bad" post, a southern blogger said, "The peach and plum bread slices were not eaten, and the open mouth on the table did not deteriorate for five months, and I was shocked." ”
Some people even began to use peach and plum bread for comparative tests to observe whether there was mildew.
But some netizens said,
The same is peach and plum bread,
As soon as the shelf life is over, it becomes moldy.
"I work in a supermarket, how to exceed the shelf life of a day or two bread to grow hair, is also peach and plum." Netizens said 20160815 palms.
More netizens said that the food safety is still necessary to understand, otherwise they will not dare to eat later.
Because of the "frozen age",
Peach and plum bread has also been reported by the media.
In 2018, the Northern New Daily published in the article "'Peach and Plum Bread' Expired for 7 Months Without Mildew? It is mentioned that Mr. Li, a citizen of Hohhot, bought peach and plum bread that expired for 7 months when he passed through the village of Alkalichi in Tuoxian County, and in the absence of damage to the outer packaging, the naked eye could not see any mildew spots and long hairs, questioning whether it was an overdose of preservatives.
In this regard, the manufacturer at that time, Inner Mongolia Taoli Food Co., Ltd., issued a manufacturer's "Reasons for the Change of the Appearance of Bread Beyond the Shelf Life without Long Hair", explaining that it added preservatives that met the requirements of the national standard.
The manufacturer said that the bread preservative meets the national standard
Peach and plum bread that has expired for more than half a year
There is no mold, no decay,
Whether it is because or not
Added a lot of preservatives?
The reporter noted that the bread manufacturer is Shandong Taoli Bread Co., Ltd. According to the information of Tianyancha, the company was established on May 20, 2016, and its registered address is No. 88, Nanliu Avenue, Dawenkou Industrial Park, Manzhuang Town, Daiyue District, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, with a legal representative of Wu Xueliang, a registered capital of 220 million yuan, and the actual number of personnel in the company is 415 people. The company's business scope includes the production and sales of bread, pastries, mooncakes, steamed buns, cold chain foods, convenience foods, and quick-frozen foods.
As for whether the amount of food preservatives used is appropriate, the person in charge of food safety of Shandong Taoli Bread Co., Ltd. told reporters that this bread is indeed produced by their company and absolutely meets food safety standards. "Our company has a strict additive control and traceability system, all additives are added in accordance with GB2760 "Food Additive Use Standards", and will never be added in excess and beyond the scope."
After that, the reporter contacted Professor Yuan Chao, director of the Food Department of the School of Food Science and Engineering of Qilu University of Technology.
He told reporters that whether the bread has deteriorated cannot be judged solely by whether there is mold. Bread belongs to baked products, in the processing process, because the temperature is relatively high, microorganisms kill more thoroughly, plus the packaging of the product is better, there is no disassembly, damage, etc., so the probability of microbial contamination is relatively low.
"If the mold is not adapted to the temperature environment of growth, it is possible that the surface of the bread will not have the appearance of long hair deterioration, but this does not mean that other bacteria in the bread have not multiplied, nor does it mean that other product indicators of expired bread meet the consumption requirements." Yuan Chao said.
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Violating enterprises will be severely fined
Peach plum "frozen age" bread is not available
Production date altered by unscrupulous merchants,
Risk of resale after coding,
Peach and plum bread sold in the market
Is it within the shelf life?
"For bread that has exceeded its shelf life, we have special personnel to recycle it, and the distributor can replace the same amount of product after filing, so there is no need for secondary sales." In addition, we will also destroy the recycled expired bread uniformly to eliminate the risk of flowing to the market. A person in charge of sales at Shandong Taoli Bread Co., Ltd. said that according to regulations, expired bread companies will be recycled and destroyed, and will certainly not appear on the market.
Recently, the reporter visited a number of large supermarkets and convenience stores in Jinan, and saw that there are more than ten kinds of products of Taoli brand bread currently on sale, and the price ranges from a few yuan to a dozen yuan. The shelf life of the products is mostly within 7 days, and the production date of the bread on sale is mostly within three days.
At the same time, some convenience stores are already discounting or buying one get one free of charge for bread that is close to the shelf life, and there are citizens on the scene who are shopping. "Temporary goods are also edible, and they sell well after being labeled with discounts." And the peach and plum bread is still available, sometimes it can be sold out in the morning and at night. There was no distribution for a while during the Spring Festival, and many people complained. A convenience store worker said.
Near Jingshi West Road in Huaiyin District, Jinan City, some dealers told reporters that there are more types of bread to choose from now, and the sales of peach and plum bread are not optimistic. "Usually there are about a dozen a day, sold out and then replenished." Nowadays, everyone loves to eat the kind of bread baked that day, and you can buy it everywhere. Peach and plum bread is cheap and affordable, and the taste is certainly not as good as handmade. ”
According to the staff of the Zibo Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, at present, China's management of food additives is very strict, there are "food additive product safety standards" in production, and there are also "food additive use standards" in use, which clarifies the scope of use and dosage of food additives in food, and once it is found that the enterprise violates the law, it will be heavily punished. "The market supervision department will conduct market sampling inspections from time to time, investigate and punish unqualified food, and severely punish illegal enterprises."
Source: Shandong Business Daily, Speed Leopard News Network, Sina Weibo, Peninsula Hotspot
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