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A lot of people eat a pickle chicken legs, instant noodles, potato chips and other food, but very few people know it is irradiated by irradiated food "in fact in life is already filled with so many food. Recently, a careful people in the food packaging bags found on the words after the inevitable doubt, at the end of what is irradiated food? Is this food safe? The author learned from the relevant departments that irradiation is a new technology of sterilization and sterilization, the provisions of the dose range of irradiation of food for health.

The irradiated food label cover

Although from a variety of view, consumers' daily purchase and consumption of a lot of food are irradiated food, but few people know that their food is irradiated. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, the food irradiation on the packaging must sign affixed with the Ministry of health to develop a unified irradiated food, but in fact is not the case.

Recently, I visited the city of Tangshan, a number of supermarkets, careful examination of the frozen shrimp, frozen chicken, bagged fruit, bags of dried squid and other kinds of food, found on the outer package in addition to QS certification mark and the green food logo, almost can not find food irradiation Related words and logo.

And on the shelves of pickle chicken legs, puffed food and instant noodles. Although I see have individual brand packaging bag labeled "use of international customary irradiation sterilization technique treatment," the words, but the text labels are very small, if not carefully to find, really hard to pay attention to and are not irradiated food green logo. In addition, more brands of products are not even such a text.

The author of the relevant issues to the supermarket sales staff, said it is not clear what is irradiated food, and no customers have asked this question. Some sales staff vaguely said, it should be a guarantee of food quality and technical measures, some of which to dispel the author's concerns, but said, this food quality is absolutely no problem, has been selling well"

The author randomly asked a few people also know nothing about food irradiation, frankly, they often buy and eat these foods, but generally only look at the brand, production date, shelf life of these information, the rest are not too attention.

A sell cooked meat products manufacturers sales staff revealed that, in fact, a lot of vacuum packed cooked meat products after irradiation treatment, but there are few manufacturers are willing to marked "radiation" logo, the main reason is fear of provoking consumer concerns or misunderstanding, and to abandon the purchase, affecting sales.

Consumers are confused because they do not understand

For irradiated food, there are some consumers because they do not understand and have doubts. Ms. Zhou Tangshan people to the author said, go to the supermarket to give to children to buy snacks, unexpectedly in a pack of puffed food packaging bag found a line of small print: dehydrated vegetables, spices material use the conventional irradiation sterilization technique processing. Miss Zhou inevitably some doubts, radiation is not the food will affect the child's health?

It is understood, according to the 1996 the Ministry of Health announced the irradiated food health management approach "to countries on food irradiation processing licensing system; provisions of irradiated food must strictly controlled within the scope permitted by the state and defining the standard dose; food irradiation on the packaging must be affixed with a health ministry of health to develop a unified irradiated food. In addition, national mandatory norm "pre packaged food labels general" also clearly stipulates, the disposal of ionizing radiation or ionization energy of the food should be in the vicinity of the food name marked "of food irradiation irradiation spice hygienic standard for material, even stipulated, in addition to the words" irradiated spices "should be indicated on the packaging, the smallest package to uniform paste irradiated food logo.

Since the country has the relevant laws and regulations, why businesses still express "radiation 'logo on the cover? Whether there is a functional department of the regulatory system is not in place? Ms. Zhou said that consumers should enjoy the right to know in this regard.

Irradiation is an advanced and harmless method of sterilization.

Well, is it safe to be irradiated food? The author learned from the quality supervision department that irradiation is a new technology of sterilization and preservation. Using X-ray to food for processing, high pesticidal, sterilization, inhibition of physiological processes, improve food hygiene quality, adhere to the quality of nutrition and flavor, extend shelf life of irradiation sterilization biggest advantage lies in to the tenacious vitality of bacteria completely kill, without any residue, is currently the most advanced, the most safe and a sterilization method is suggested by many experts.

At present, this technology has been widely used in aseptic food, dehydrated food, to extend the shelf life of food, frozen products, spices, medicine and health products in, the basic coverage of the people daily consumption of rare species, such as pickle chicken legs, instant noodles, shrimp, etc. are irradiated food. And a large number of health and safety experiments prove that the prescribed dose range of food will not cause the problem of nutrition and microorganisms, and will not affect the food flavor and the original taste, health and harmless to the food.

Experts said that the mentioned irradiation "a lot of people will take the words too literally, talk about" spoke "pale, mistakenly think it and nuclear radiation pollution. In fact, irradiation processing is a very mature technology which has been used in the world. It has been carried out for many years, and has strict rules for the use of its scope and dosage. Food in receiving irradiation, not directly contact with the radioactive source, nor add any chemical substances, so there is no problem with the radioactive food will not be contaminated, consumers do not have to panic, can rest assured that consumption.