Most of the moon cakes in the Guangzhou market use plastic trays

A few days ago, some media reported that food safety testing was conducted on 8 domestic and foreign well-known brands of moon cakes on the Guangzhou market. The results showed that all of the moon cakes in 8 branded moon cakes were found to be plasticized only for non-fat food materials. Agent. Yesterday, the reporter visited the Dalian market and found that most of the mooncakes sold on the market use plastic moon cake trays. The relevant experts reminded moon cake trays to prohibit the use of raw materials containing plasticizer ingredients. The moon cakes are oily foods. The plasticizers are easy to use in the oil environment. Released, affecting human health.

8 brands of moon cake packaging with plasticizer

In August this year, the “Reporter on Consumer Reports” purchased eight domestic and foreign brands of moon cakes familiar to consumers from supermarkets and coffee shops in Guangzhou and sent them to the Guangdong Provincial Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Station. The test results showed that eight brands of moon cakes were All plasticizers DEHP and DBP were detected in the moon cake trays for "non-fat food materials only." The content of DEHP in a certain brand of moon cake tray reached 18.5 mg/kg, while the content of DBP reached 12.0 mg/kg.

Previously, reporters had also found several plasticizer ingredients in interviews with tapes of vegetable tape, including DEHP and DBP. This phthalate ester has an environmental hormone that acts like an estrogen. Studies have shown that phthalates affect the body's endocrine system and interfere with normal human hormone secretion. For men, long-term exposure may lead to infertility; for pregnant women, they interfere with the endocrine of the fetus and affect the fetus’s gender. Toxicological studies have shown that DEHP and DBP produce reproductive toxicity.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is divided into four levels according to the carcinogenicity of carcinogens. They are a class of confirmed carcinogenicity, type II may be carcinogenic to the human body, three types of cancer cannot be determined to be carcinogenic, and four types are basically non-carcinogenic to the human body. Carcinogenic effect. DEHP falls into the second category (2B). In the national standard GB9685-2008 “Hygienic Standards for the Use of Additives for Food Containers and Packaging Materials,” it is stipulated that DEHP and DBP “are used only for non-fat food materials, and must not be used for materials used in contact with infant food”.

Most moon cakes in Dalian use plastic trays

Yesterday, the reporter went to several supermarkets in Dalian and discovered that the vast majority of moon cakes on the market use moon cakes made of plastic. In a large supermarket in Xigang District, the reporter noticed that the bulk moon cakes on the shelves are all plastic packaging. In the packaging bags, the moon cakes are placed in a small plastic box, and the moon cakes are not seen on the moon cake packaging. Related Information.

The moon cakes in the gift box are also put on separate bags, and the moon cakes in the packaging are placed on plastic boxes. "The set of moon cake trays is mainly for the sake of cleanliness." A salesperson said that each bag is filled with a small bag of antiseptic and desiccant, which can extend the sales time of moon cakes.

The reporter asked whether the sales staff understood the ingredients of the moon cake tray. Most sales staff said that they did not understand it and believed that the moon cake tray could not contain toxic ingredients. “Moon cake trays prevent mooncakes from being damaged by bumps,” said a salesperson. Even if plastic products containing mooncakes contain plasticizers, they should not be released.

The reporter noticed that the moon cakes made by the supermarket itself were not packaged and placed directly on the counter, and they did not use moon cakes. After the customer purchases the moon cake, the sales person puts the moon cake directly in the plastic bag.

● plastic moon cake tray can be divided into PP, PS, PVC three materials

● Qualified PP, PS plastic packaging can be used to hold moon cakes, because PP and PS are no need to add plasticizers

● PVC can only package ordinary foods and cannot be used as a mooncake tray. Mainly because PVC contains plasticizer ingredients that are easily precipitated in grease environment

Expert statement

Poor moon cake tray can release carcinogen

“If you use inferior moon cake trays containing plasticizer ingredients, toxic substances will be released under the grease environment.” Dong Jinshi, executive vice president and general secretary of the International Food Packaging Association, said in an interview that moon cakes are absolutely high in fat content. The food, if used to contact packaging materials containing plasticizers, plasticizers can easily migrate to the moon cake, and people will virtually eat these plasticizers.

Regarding the reason that moon cakes may contain plasticizers, Dong Jinshi believes that one of them is that the company has used plasticizers in violation of regulations. The second is the use of waste plastics. Some waste plastics may originally be industrial products. In order to change properties, plasticizers are added. After recycling, these waste plastics may also be mixed with food-grade plastics.