43 tons of poisons were found to contain carcinogenic additives

According to the Xinhua News Agency, criminals use "hung white block", urotropine solution and other toxic and even carcinogenic substances as raw materials, mass production of "toxic yuba" sold around.

On the 2nd, the Changsha Municipal Public Security Bureau announced that under the unified command of the Ministry of Public Security, the Changsha public security organ in Hunan led the joint police in Shanghai, Fujian, Jiangxi and other provinces and municipalities to arrest the suspects in the “black network” of the four cities. Ninety-six were spotted, and 273 were densified of production, warehousing and sales. They seized 43.3 tons of poisonous and harmful foods such as "toxic yuba" and "toxic fans". The total value involved was over 22.8 million yuan.

Yuba toxic chemical additives infusion

Changsha City Public Security Bureau News Center introduced this year in mid-August this year, the Changsha County police through unannounced visits, found that rented a private house in the town of Changsha County, pear up to the "Yue Le" yuba production workshops, poor production conditions. What is more serious is that the so-called yuba produced by the workshop has the functions of antisepsis and “dressing” in order to improve the taste and increase the brightness, or to increase the toughness, brittleness, water retention and shelf life of the yuba. After the “exclusive function” of “cooking without paste” for a long time, toxic chemicals such as borax, urotropine, and “white lumps” were added to the cercaria.

Toxic yuba spread throughout Jiangxi and other provinces

Zhang Hui, deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of Changsha City, introduced that the Changsha County Public Security Bureau had smashed the production workshop of “Yue Le” yuba through careful investigation and arrested 4 suspects such as Liao Mou. Turning a book into a running account, the police investigating the case found that Liao Mou began to produce yuba from July 2008. The amount involved in the case amounted to 11 million yuan. The police also discovered that the “toxic yuba” produced by this workshop was mainly sold by Taifeng Mushroom Industry in the market of Gaoqiao, Changsha. Soon, the "Xiangsheng Wholesale Department" operating chemical additives was also taken over by the police.

The police found that customers of toxic and hazardous chemical additives in the “Xiangsheng Wholesale Department” spread across multiple provinces. Among them are the pickle processing enterprises in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, and the fans production factories (workshops) in Changsha City and Loudi City in Hunan Province.

Subsequently, Changsha and Fujian police arrested Chen, the owner of Taifeng Mushroom, who had absconded in Sanming City, Fujian Province.

Glossary industrial bleach "hanging white block"

It is understood that "hanging white block" is commonly known as sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate and is an industrial bleaching agent and reducing agent. The whitening of white foods in production foods is very toxic. Moreover, formaldehyde is generated during the decomposition process of “hanging white pieces”, which may cause people to suffer from headaches, fatigue, vision loss and other health damages, and even induce cancer.

Urotropine solution is also a compound of formaldehyde and ammonia and is generally used for the treatment of skin diseases. Using it for food processing can also produce poisons. In addition, borax as a chemical raw material and topical drugs, has also been banned from the use of food.