Recently, some media reported that some fruits and vegetables have been labeled on their skins in order to show their “import†or “upscaleâ€, and the adhesives used on these labels for food packaging contain toxic chemicals.
For this reason, the author visited Keqiao China Resources Vanguard Supermarket, Wal-Mart Supermarket, and Century Lianhua Supermarket, and found that some fruits and vegetables sold on the Keqiao market are also labeled similarly.
In the fruit and vegetable area of ​​Keqiao Supermarket at Keqiao, the labelled fruit is placed in a woven bamboo basket. I noticed that imported apples like green snake fruit, red rose apple, snake fruit, etc. are all labeled, and The label is full of English characters, and the price of a red rose apple is priced at 19.9 yuan, which is significantly higher than the price of ordinary apples by 5 to 6 times. The writer saw that in the basket with imported plums, the label attached covered a quarter of the entire plum skin.
“Before buying fruit, I really hated the label. The skin on which the fruit was pasted was particularly viscous, and some of the labels were even torn off, but I didn’t know it was toxic.†At Keqiao Century Lianhua Supermarket, Ms. Sheng pointed out The imported kiwi fruit on the container said. During the visit, the author found that most people do not know that the fruit label is toxic as Ms. Sheng.
Afterwards, the author visited a fruit shop in Diyang Road where there are a variety of fruit varieties. In the store, the author saw that some high-end fruits were labeled. At the fruit store, the author learned that fruit shops can provide labeling services. “Customers buy domestically-produced fruits to give people. In order to display their grades, we provide them with labeling services. If there is no requirement, they will not be affixed. As for imported fruits, we have already put labels when we go to get goods.†The boss told the author. When asked by the author if he knew that the label adhesive was toxic, the proprietress shook his head and said he did not know.
Does the label adhesive contain certain toxins? With suspicions, the author interviewed Director Dong Ming and Director Dong of the Food Quality Supervision Office of the Quality Supervision Bureau of the County Bureau of Quality Supervision. He said that at present, there is no specific provision on food labelling in the country. As for whether the food label contains toxins, it will invade the skin of fruits and vegetables. This requires clinical verification. However, the adhesive ingredients contained in the label must not be eaten.
To this end, Director Dong suggested that consumers, when buying fruits and vegetables, try not to purchase fruits and vegetables that have direct contact with fruits and vegetables. If you purchase such fruits and vegetables, it is best to cut away the skin that comes in contact with the label and eat it to ensure the health of the food.