Health fears over ice cream cone wrapper
By Hu Min |
November 30, 2012, Friday
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AN ice cream cone paper sleeve used by the Iceason chain was found to have an excessive level of fluorescent agents, a bleaching chemical that can lead to cancer in large amounts, according to test results released yesterday.
The wrapper came from the Zhaojiabang Road branch of Shanghai Iceason Food Co Ltd and was made in April by a paper production firm in the northern city of Tianjin.
At Shanghai Iceason, an official surnamed Liu said she had to report to her bosses before she could comment on the test results.
Two smaller companies - Shanghai Qingfangxi Qiye Catering Corp Ltd, a producer of matcha, a green tea, and Shanghai Weiyou Catering Management Corp Ltd, a baking company - were also found to have packaging with excessive fluorescent agents.
The city's Consumer Rights Protection Commission said it conducted tests on the plastic and paper packaging of 100 food products bought from local supermarkets and catering companies.
Another firm, Shanghai Changfa Corp Ltd, had plastic packaging with evaporation residue containing a toxic heavy metal.
Fluorescent substances do not decompose easily and may be absorbed by food, affecting people's immune systems, according to doctors. Some companies reuse printed paper to cut costs or add fluorescent whitening agents to substandard packaging, the commission said.
In August, the Beijing-based International Food Packaging Association said it found some famous brands had packaging with excessive fluorescent agents. On the list were Lipton milk tea powder, Master Kong beef instant noodle, Kraft's banana and milk taste biscuit, Nissin's shrimp meat instant noodle and Jinmailang beef instant noodle.
In May 2011, the Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision's Qingpu District branch seized 80,000 popcorn buckets that had illegal fluorescent brighteners.
Fluorescent agents should comprise less than 5 square centimeters per 100 square centimeters of food packaging, according to a national standard.
The commission said consumers should check paper packaging and avoid those with a strong smell or which looked too white.
The wrapper came from the Zhaojiabang Road branch of Shanghai Iceason Food Co Ltd and was made in April by a paper production firm in the northern city of Tianjin.
At Shanghai Iceason, an official surnamed Liu said she had to report to her bosses before she could comment on the test results.
Two smaller companies - Shanghai Qingfangxi Qiye Catering Corp Ltd, a producer of matcha, a green tea, and Shanghai Weiyou Catering Management Corp Ltd, a baking company - were also found to have packaging with excessive fluorescent agents.
The city's Consumer Rights Protection Commission said it conducted tests on the plastic and paper packaging of 100 food products bought from local supermarkets and catering companies.
Another firm, Shanghai Changfa Corp Ltd, had plastic packaging with evaporation residue containing a toxic heavy metal.
Fluorescent substances do not decompose easily and may be absorbed by food, affecting people's immune systems, according to doctors. Some companies reuse printed paper to cut costs or add fluorescent whitening agents to substandard packaging, the commission said.
In August, the Beijing-based International Food Packaging Association said it found some famous brands had packaging with excessive fluorescent agents. On the list were Lipton milk tea powder, Master Kong beef instant noodle, Kraft's banana and milk taste biscuit, Nissin's shrimp meat instant noodle and Jinmailang beef instant noodle.
In May 2011, the Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision's Qingpu District branch seized 80,000 popcorn buckets that had illegal fluorescent brighteners.
Fluorescent agents should comprise less than 5 square centimeters per 100 square centimeters of food packaging, according to a national standard.
The commission said consumers should check paper packaging and avoid those with a strong smell or which looked too white.
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