Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested Nguyen Thi My Phung and her husband on charges of using borax and liquid glass to produce over 2.800 tons of fresh noodles for sale on the market over several years.
The Quang Tri Provincial Police Investigation Agency has just issued a decision to prosecute the owner of a beef sausage business who tested positive for borax.
Borax is a substance that is absolutely banned in food, but many unscrupulous traders still mix it into sausages and ham to make them chewier, posing a health hazard to consumers.
Borax is banned from use in food processing, but some unscrupulous traders still use it, and the following three types of food are particularly susceptible to being adulterated with borax.
Although borax is strictly prohibited in food, it is still mixed into fresh noodles to create a chewy texture. Experts warn of four serious health hazards for consumers.
The series of cases involving sausages and ham containing borax, resulting in the seizure of tons of products, serves as a wake-up call regarding consumer health.
On July 6th, the Economic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police announced that they had inspected and discovered three establishments using borax and bleaching agents to process banana blossoms.
Many sausage vendors use borax as an additive to create a chewy and crispy texture in their products, even though it is a toxic chemical. So how can you identify sausages containing borax?
The Da Nang City Police Investigation Agency has initiated legal proceedings and arrested the owner of a facility that used borax in the processing and production of beef and pork sausage.
Many people believe that homemade Vietnamese sausage is safer, while store-bought sausages are more likely to contain borax. So how can you detect sausages containing borax?
Nhiều người kinh doanh giò chả vẫn bỏ hàn the như một chất phụ gia để món ăn dai ngon hơn, nhưng đây là hoá chất độc hại, vậy đâu là cách phát hiện giò chứa hàn the?
Rice noodles are a popular food, but very few people know that fluorescent agents and borax, two substances that some rice noodle producers add to them, can be harmful to health.
Đoàn kiểm tra test nhanh đối với các loại giò được sản xuất tại cơ sở sản xuất giò ở địa chỉ số 10 ngách 37 ngõ 460 Khương Đình, phường Hạ Đình, quận Thanh Xuân, Hà Nội phát nhiều thành phẩm dương tính với hàn the.
Bộ Y tế khuyến cáo tuyệt đối không sử dụng hàn the trong sản xuất, chế biến thực phẩm bởi chất này không chỉ gây hại sức khỏe người sử dụng mà còn gây nguy hiểm đến giống nòi.
A joint inspection team from Thoi Binh district, Ca Mau province, recently discovered over 100kg of dried stingray at several businesses that tested positive for borax.
Phòng Cảnh sát Phòng chống tội phạm về môi trường (PC49) – Công an TP Cần Thơ đã phát hiện gần 400kg gà được chế biến có chứa hàn the của một cơ sở chế biến trên địa bàn thành phố.
On the evening of August 25th, a team inspecting the quality of goods from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development caught Ms. Phan Thi Hoa, owner of pork stall number 25 in Ha Tinh City market, red-handed using borax to preserve rotten meat as if it were fresh, in order to illegally profit.