To add sweetness, this dried tofu illegally uses sodium saccharin

Sanxiang Metropolis Daily, August 10 (intern Liu Huixin, Huang Yiting, reporter Huang Yaping) Today, the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau reported the latest 545 batches of food safety sampling inspection. Recently, the bureau organized food safety sampling inspection of 545 batches of samples of 13 major categories of food such as grain processing products, pastries, and vegetable products, and a total of 5 batches of unqualified samples were detected.

Among them, the finely ground dried beans (halogen flavor) (specification: 25 grams / bag; production date: March 1, 2021) produced by Hunan Xiweijia Biotechnology Co., Ltd. was detected as sodium saccharin (in terms of saccharin) with a detected value of 0.153g/kg. As a synthetic sweetener commonly used in the food industry, the National Standard for Food Safety The Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB 2760-2014) stipulates that sodium saccharin (in terms of saccharin) shall not be used in non-fermented soy products. Sodium saccharin has no nutritional value for the human body, eating more sodium saccharin will affect the normal secretion of gastrointestinal digestive enzymes, reduce the absorption capacity of the small intestine, and reduce appetite.

Sanxiang Metropolis Daily reporter saw on the official website of Hunan Xiweijia Biotechnology Co., Ltd. that the company is a snack food processing enterprise based on the processing and sales of flavored fish products, and its "Xiangyue" brand is sold on e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, Pinduoduo, Douyin, Kuaishou and large chain supermarkets such as Wal-Mart, RT-Mart, Crads Vanguard, and Nanjing Suguo. In the Tmall Xiangyue Food flagship store, the retail price of 500 grams of boxed halogen flavor finely ground dried beans is 18.8 yuan.

In addition, the Trenshu milk cake produced and sold by Hunan Luofan Food Factory was found to be unqualified in the total number of colonies. The pickles (artichoke) sold at Jiajiafu Shopping Plaza in Yuetang District, Xiangtan City, were found to be unqualified for the detection value of benzoic acid and its sodium salt (in terms of benzoic acid), and the sum of the respective dosages accounting for the proportion of their maximum use when the preservatives were mixed. Black sesame seeds sold by Pingjiang County Runfu Trading Co., Ltd. were found to be unqualified in acid price (in terms of fat).

For the unqualified food found in the sampling inspection, the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau has instructed the market supervision bureaus of Changsha, Yueyang and other places to organize verification and disposal, urge food producers and traders to take measures such as removing shelves, sealing, recalling unqualified products, etc. to control risks, and strictly deal with violations of laws and regulations in accordance with law; Promptly disclose to the public the risk prevention and control measures and verification and disposal measures taken by relevant food producers and traders.