Monday, December 27, 2010

Supermarket imitation porcelain tableware so dazzled remind consumers might be toxic

Recently, CCTV has disclosed the existence of market on a large number of poor quality imitation porcelain tableware. Reporter yesterday to visit Xi'an section supermarket found, no is the exposure of Dongguan brand, but a lot of imitation porcelain tableware is no QS identity, or identity.

According to the CCTV News 30 "reported that the Hebei province quality before checking out 20 to imitated porcelain factory's products, there are 17 factory products are not eligible. Failed mainly because of excessive formaldehyde and potassium permanganate, causing formaldehyde exceeds the allowed figure of the "culprit" is a commonly known as urea formaldehyde resins for industrial raw materials. Journalists at the unannounced visits to the Dongguan imitation porcelain tableware set, discover cancer-like porcelain tableware accounted for 70%.

Yesterday afternoon, the journalists visited Xiguan everyone happy supermarket to see, imitation porcelain tableware range, brand and diverse, but didn't see is the exposure of Dongguan Shun brand Jinbao hehe. Shop wholesale Branch Chief, Chen said: "these imitation porcelain tableware dainty, colorful, patterned, lively, is very popular with children. ”

But reporters found that most of these imitation porcelain tableware is no formal identification of QS. Simon, nice and many supermarkets, reporters found QS identifies new tricks. Shanghai company of imitation porcelain flat bottom tray of QS identity is put, also indicate "quality security samples", do not understand. In addition as a children's tableware, Xi'an some rice noodle shop, fast food shops especially Korean fast food also makes extensive use of imitation porcelain tableware. The standard does not require testing urea-formaldehyde resin "imitation porcelain tableware standard does not require testing urea-formaldehyde resins, such as milk powder standards do not require testing melamine as consequence of it. "Previously, the Secretary-General of the International Association for food packaging Dong Zeng on media that States the current standard of imitation porcelain tableware and does not require testing urea-formaldehyde resin, so some containing" urea-formaldehyde resin "product according to the current standard is qualified. In other words, qualified gorgeous imitation porcelain tableware or toxic.

Yesterday, reporters from Shaanxi Provincial quality aware, imitation porcelain tableware is melamine tableware, 1994, the State has introduced on melamine testing standard. Currently, my province, based on national standards is capable of detecting melamine tableware heat resistance, moisture resistance, hardness, and other indicators, but was unable to parse the melamine-specific components.

This is like Sudan event and sanlu milk powder incident, according to national standard mandatory testing, originally did not request to Sudan and milk powder melamine content for testing, because Sudan itself is industrial dyes, melamine is industrial raw materials, does not allow you to add in food.

According to existing national standards on melamine testing can only be detected using the performance, so that even the qualified product would not necessarily be non-toxic harmless, only on melamine tableware in component analysis, to determine whether it adds additional shouldn't add ingredients, is toxic.

News links:

Imitation porcelain tableware possible toxic

Imitation porcelain tableware is melamine tableware is a resin raw materials processing manufacture of appearance resembles porcelain tableware, fragile, bright color.

China to imitated porcelain tableware production technology have specialized requirements that must be based on melamine powder (i.e. melamine-formaldehyde resin) as base material. But the current market to urea-formaldehyde resin instead of melamine-formaldehyde resin substrate made inferior imitation porcelain tableware. Urea-formaldehyde resins is made and formaldehyde solution in alkaline or acid-catalyzed reaction obtained at higher temperatures, water will dissolve the formaldehyde.

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