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4 month, the Ministry of agriculture for bean sprouts with municipal sales start '.

in lean, dyeing quality of steamed bread and other food security events when the dust of uncertain, Shenyang, Jinan, aeration can make as much cancer-causing "bean sprouts with problems".

for this major after illegal additives such as urea, enrofloxacin soaked with "problem bean sprouts", some experts pointed out that, after the food is in the human body generates nitrite, long-term cancer link.

"issue sprouts" appear as much

a few days ago, media pointed out that "bean sprouts with issues" show up in Urumqi, Xinjiang, after local detection of related scientific and research institutions, found that excessive nitrite in bean sprouts 1 time, excessive urea content twice.

information shows that the nitrite content of specific criteria, the restrictions of sprouts is 4 mg, and Urumqi detected "problem bean sprouts" 9.2 mg, over more than 1 time.

the industry pointed out that, in the nitrite present in cooked food, preserved salted vegetable. It bubble bean sprouts, can make bright color bean sprouts and lengthens the maintaining freshness time, low cost, effective. In addition to directly into the nitrite, the heavy use of fertilizer it was bean sprouts, can lead to significantly increased nitrate content in bean sprouts, nitrate enters the body, after bacterial decomposition and be a nitrite.

4 23rd in Shenyang informed the Office of food safety, as of now Shenyang destroyed unwanted black bean sprouts new Trojan processing point 23, arresting more than more than 30 suspects, seizing harmful over 55 tons of bean sprouts, and seized the illegal distribution of bubbles with bean sprouts inter-provincial sales of pharmaceutical case.

out of the question who is to monitor?

agricultural products quality safety inspection center Deputy Director Huang Xinwu in Urumqi said the "problem bean sprouts" event has exposed a number of legal regulation of issues, from the production, circulation places to dining table, the whole chain involving the health, quality, business, multiple sectors such as agriculture and animal husbandry.

in fact, "what food is to the people" under man, weakness and lack of relevant regulatory forces, for a long time.

Shenyang "bean sprouts with problems" after the incident, departments of industry and Commerce said supervision of the area of food production, quality supervision Bureau and of the industrial and commercial sector should be responsible for. And quality supervision Department said bean sprout belongs to primary agricultural products, agricultural supervision appropriate to the competent authorities. Indicates that the agricultural sector, bean sprout is not a primary agricultural product, is the primary processing of agricultural products, not by the Department of Agriculture responsible for the supervision.

according to the Ministry of agriculture, agricultural product quality supervision and testing center (Urumqi) Deputy Director Wang chengjia introduction, sampling of the sampling inspection has developed a detailed programme will be based on the relevant national standards, General guidelines for food-related items, seriously for bean sprouts samples related to detection.