Public will be able to find food in China illegal | additives _ news

Beijing News dispatch (reporter Wei Mingyan) National Planning Commission developed a food additive for health enquiries from the public software, will be launched in the near future. Consumers enter a food name, the software will immediately inform the kinds of food additives to the food is safe, safety is a measure of how much and what is excessive illegal additives, also at a glance.

Yesterday, the health planning Commission regular press, food safety standards, and monitoring and Evaluation Division released the Su Zhiyi information above.

　　Some organic foods suspected of false advertising

Responsible for the software development of the Assistant Director of the National Center for food safety risk assessment, research fellow Wang Zhutian introduced, the existing food safety standards, food additives is the biggest piece, for example the GB2760 food additive standards, is a very specialized book, contains more than 2000 a number of indicators, general public use is not convenient.

Meanwhile, in recent years, due to non-food additives added illegally, ultra limited, exceeding the scope of food additives are added, resulting in some food safety incidents. Plus some enterprises and institutions "additive-free" and "organic" foods of false advertising and misleading, resulting in public about all food additive that is "pale", arguing that food additives are harmful to the human body.

　　Enter a food name available with which additives

In order to reverse the current situation, the health planning Commission plans to carry out more popular food safety risk communication, one of the first tasks, is to make a rational food additives.

Food additives standard public query of software development, is based on this plan.

Wang Zhutian introduction, the main function of this software is: enter the name of a food additive, such as "acid", the system will immediately respond "benzoic acid" can be used in which food, using multiple mass; enter a food name, such as "sauce" of the word, immediately will be able to find out which food additives are safe to use in the soy sauce.

Beijing News reporter learned that, this software will be in the near future at the national family planning Commission official website of health and the National Center for food safety risk assessment enabled website.

　　In response to

Yesterday, the health planning Commission at a news conference, officials and experts in responding to a recent public concern about food safety hot spots.

　　Focus 1 "oxygen-enriched water" is just plain foods

Recently, the effect of oxygen-enriched water dispute has continued. The day before yesterday, coming out in 2014, wahaha Chairman Zong qinghou food safety week, expressly for oxygen-enriched water background. Zong qinghou says that recently some negative reports in the media, directed at the wahaha, oxygen-rich water "gimmicky", but oxygen-rich water from the former Ministry of Health approved, domestic and international scientific research confirms that "oxygen is to drink, oxygen-rich water is good for health."

Oxygen-rich water how care-free oxygenating effect? Assistant to the Director of the National Center for food safety risk assessment, researchers said Wang Zhutian, former Ministry of health approval of oxygen can be added to the regular food, "but it's quality specifications and purity of oxygen, and have very strict defined, which is in line with relevant laws and regulations."

Wang Zhutian referred to in regulations is the 2007 Ministry of health about the reply oxygenated drinking water management as a common food.

Wang Zhutian believes that as ordinary food management, its food labelling should conform to the State of the General standard for the labelling of food. In other words, oxygen-rich water can be listed on the package label nutritional content, but not as publicity effectiveness as a health food.

　　Focus 2 "zero added food" do not fly

Contains a variety of food additives in foods, it is bad for your health? The bland food is healthy?

Yesterday, the National Center for food safety risk assessment issued the 20 questions on food additives, made clear that in modern food industry environment, completely without using food additives, food is hard to find, even if you cook at home, using oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other spices, they contain food additives. Thus, "adding zero" just product promotion gimmick, the "do not fly".

Using various additives are safe? In fact, the "dose determines the toxicity". Food additives safety ultimately depends on how much consumption and how much to eat, and how much variety there is no necessary connection.

Wang Zhutian says, in fact, the complex use of various food additives, often produces twice the "synergy", will greatly reduce the total number of food additives. At present, the national risk assessment of food additives should be carried out strictly, and by leaving a sufficient margin of safety, restricting the scope of use and usage to keep them safe. Beijing News reporter Wei Ming

(Original title: food illegal additives public inquiries)

(Edit: SN010)
02:30 on June 12, 2014 The Beijing News