Summary of the six major rumors of the rubber and plastics industry in 2017

First, plastic rice

Rumors: A video is circulating on the Internet: a young man throws some plastic into the machine and through a series of processes, the other end of the machine produces a bunch of things like rice. When the video came out, people suddenly blasted the pot in the WeChat group, and the black heart rice spread throughout the circle of friends.

Truth: After verification by the reporter, this is a rumor of moving flowers. The content presented in the video is real, except that the white flowers produced from the machine look like small particles of rice. It is not rice, but plastic granulation, that is, the plastic is reduced into granules for easy processing. .

Second, plastic seaweed

Rumors: Some time ago, a video was being broadcast on the Internet. The lady in the video took a few pieces of "seaweed" bought from a pack and soaked it in the water, saying that she smelled a stench, and she couldn’t open it. Chewing is not broken, the conclusion is drawn: the seaweed is made of scrap black plastic bags.

Truth: Experts say that seaweed itself is very tough, and some are better than plastic bags. The Beijing Food Safety Monitoring and Risk Assessment Center identified the laver and plastic in the laboratory, and believed that the plastic film was not reliable for making seaweed. At present, dried seaweed is sold on the market, and the dried seaweed is baked to a high temperature of 200 ° C to 300 ° C, and the plastic cannot withstand such high temperature. In addition, seaweed is rich in protein and burns with charred protein smell, which is obviously different from plastic bags.

Third, the plastic container is honey toxic

Rumors: As early as the last century, Japan’s Masahiro Morishita had suggested that the use of plastic bottles to hold propolis “is less than ideal” because the raw materials of plastics are synthetic resins, polyethylene, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, etc., and the chemical of propolis. The ingredients work and the essence changes.

Truth: The relevant departments have carried out experimental research on this. They have commissioned China to the Institute of Preventive Medicine and other units to conduct toxicological and stability tests on propolis products packed in plastic drums and plastic bottles for a long time. The results are non-toxic. The physical and chemical properties of the product ingredients are stable. It can be seen that plastic packaging does not have the effect of toxic side effects on propolis products. After consulting the relevant national and industry standards for pharmaceutical, food, and health food packaging, there is no provision for the use of plastic bottles. Need to be reminded that, if you choose plastic packaging, you must choose plastic bottles made of PVC and other materials used for food and pharmaceutical packaging. You need to confirm before purchasing.

Fourth, rubber noodles

Rumors: A video of “a bunch of 'glue' appeared after the noodles were washed with water” was transmitted on the Internet, and it was concluded that the noodles were mixed with rubber and could not be eaten.

The truth: "Noodles can not be eaten without washing" is a rumor, the so-called "glue" is actually gluten. The main ingredient of gluten is protein, which is nutritious. A number of food experts have explained this professionally. Zhong Kai, deputy director of the Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center, pointed out that wheat flour and wheat flour products such as noodles, noodles, dumplings, etc., when washed with water, starch and water-soluble ingredients will leave, leaving the sticky, Extensible and insoluble in water is gluten. The higher the wheat flour grade, the higher the required gluten content.

National food safety risk assessment experts introduced that wheat flour through the process of dough, wake up, calendering, cutting, drying, cutting, packaging and other processes, after making noodles, the composition of flour generally does not change, gluten still exists. In general, the higher the wet gluten content in the noodles, the better the quality.

Yang Daiming, chairman of the Hunan Food Quality and Safety Technology Association, pointed out that the daily consumption of cool skin is made by washing gluten. Some people have seen that the surface product is soaked in water for a period of time after the insoluble water-like gelatinous substance, it is mistakenly thought to be edible glue, in fact, this is a rumor.

Five, Pipi shrimp is glued

Rumors: A video was rumored on the Internet in which a woman peeled off a plate of cooked prawns on a table and pulled out a white or yellow gelatinous body. The woman said that this is the Pipi shrimp bought in the market in the morning. The shrimps are filled with glue to increase the weight of the black heart traders. "Every one has it. Don't eat this prawns." , scared a lot of food to push the shrimp in front of the table.

Truth: On April 22, the reporter consulted Wei Wenyan, chief of the Integrated Fisheries Institute of Chengdu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The section chief pointed out that the gelled material in the video is not “man-made glue” but the gonad of the Pipi shrimp. Also known as shrimp yellow and shrimp paste. The official name of the Pipi shrimp is Shrimp, which is produced in large quantities along the coast of China. There is no centralized breeding in Chengdu. As the "net red" seafood on the table, its name is also shrimp, rich shrimp, climbing shrimp and so on. Most aquatic products and seafood, whether artificial or natural, will not be artificially filled with water or injected. Once injected, they will soon die. Aquatic products and seafood are sold fresh, whether they are farmers or vendors. How can we do a loss?

Six, cakes contain carcinogenic rubber sole materials

Rumors: A report on the “strengthening agent” of flour has been reported again. The report said: "A coffee chain acknowledgment that the cakes sold in China contain carcinogenic rubber sole materials (azocarbamide)... Currently the UK, EU, Australia have been banned!"

Truth: Yan Guangfeng, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center, said that azocarboxamide is a food additive used for the bleaching and oxidation of flour, often used as a flour gluten. From the safety assessment of azocarboxamides around the world, azomethamide is actually very safe and does not cause cancer. Degradants of azoformamide are also not carcinogenic.