With the footsteps of the Mid-Autumn Festival getting closer and closer, moon cakes have become the protagonists of major shopping malls. At this time of year, the moon cake's luxury and quality will become the focus of public opinion. However, it has always been concerned about the packaging of moon cakes, which is mainly focused on its flashy, but it is easy to overlook the health and safety issues of “close contact†with external packaging.
"The cartons used to package moon cakes are basically poisonous!" A few days ago, Mr. Shao, who was engaged in the production of moon cakes in Foshan, reported to the Nanfang Daily reporter that the moon cake packaging box on the market contained toluene. Consumers would eat this poisonous food. Mooncakes packed in boxes will be chronic poisoning and may even cause cancer.
Food packaging professionals are reminding consumers that when buying moon cakes, it is not only necessary to look at the quality of moon cakes themselves, but also to observe whether moon cake packaging is environmentally friendly so as not to cause damage to the body.
Breaking news: moon cake box has a pungent odor
“Now the packaging of moon cakes is getting more and more exquisite, but the security problem is very prominent.†Mr. Shao said that in order to purchase moon cake packaging boxes, he went to the wholesale market to buy some back, but he approached the wholesale outlets. You can smell a pungent smell.
According to Mr. Shao, the reason why the moon cake packaging box emits such a pungent smell is that it is glue used to glue the packaging box. "These glues contain poisonous toluene chemicals. I saw that the employees of the packing plant had bad hands. Consumers would eat mooncakes in this box and they would certainly be affected."
"Some packaging boxes are packed one after another, and each layer must be glued to it to make it more harmful." Mr. Shao said that for humans, this poisoning is a long period of time and can cause chronic poisoning. The peasant workers working in the inside inhale this poisonous gas every day, which is more harmful. I hope that through your appeal, we can purify this industry and protect the health of migrant workers. ""
According to the reporter's knowledge, the main ways for toluene to invade the human body are inhalation, ingestion, and absorption through the skin. Health hazards include irritation to the skin and mucous membranes and anesthetic effects on the central nervous system. If a higher concentration is inhaled in a short period of time, there may be significant irritation of the eyes and upper respiratory tract, conjunctival and pharyngeal hyperemia, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, weakness in the extremities, paralysis in gait, and confusion. Severe persons may have restlessness, convulsions, and coma. Long-term exposure can occur with symptoms of chronic poisoning such as neurasthenia syndrome, hepatomegaly, dry skin, chapped skin, and dermatitis.
"The chemical substances contained in the adhesive are very poisonous to the human body." Food packaging professionals pointed out that many "three-nothing" packaging boxes are prolific in the processing of small workshops and the quality is worrying. There are also some small processing plants that use fluorescent whitening agents to increase the whiteness of paper, which is carcinogenic. It is understood that the formal food packaging box should be marked with the manufacturer's name, address and telephone.
Status: Plastic moon cake tray, oil-free paper
After visiting several mooncake packaging wholesale markets in Guangzhou, Ms. Chen, a citizen of Guangzhou, also complained to reporters about all kinds of chaos. “I was originally preparing to make homemade moon cakes for relatives and friends to eat, but the packaging paper on the market was too unhygienic and eventually I had to give up this plan.â€
According to Ms. Chen, she first planned to use oil-paper for moon cakes. However, when she went to the store, she found that a piece of oiled paper was simply wrapped in a plastic bag. The customer bought one and the owner took one. She did not buy because she had a heart. The whole market gave her the impression of being "dirty, messy, and bad." This made it hard for her to imagine that what people eat is closely related to this place.
According to a survey by the reporter, in recent years, some manufacturers have used gold and silver moon cakes to hold moon cakes in order to make moon cakes look high. Some of these brightly colored mooncake trays are made from reclaimed plastic powdered gold and silver powder. The sources of these recycled plastics are complex, and some even come from medical wastes, pesticide bottles, etc. The use of recycled plastics and moon cakes made of gold and silver powders easily contains a large amount of toxic substances and heavy metals.
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