Authoritative department needs to miss the sampling of dumplings

As a leading brand in the domestic quick-frozen field, the miss food has recently fallen into the turmoil of vegetable oil due to consumer complaints. Despite missing out on foods, he said that he thinks that glutinous rice balls use refined vegetable oils, which is not related to hydrogenated vegetable oils that have been suspected in media reports. China Food Economics Network commentators believe that this response did not really eliminate public concerns about the safety of glutinous rice balls, and the national authoritative department needed to carry out a special sampling inspection of hydrogenated vegetable oil and publish the sampling inspection results.

In response to a recent article in the “Yangcheng Evening News” published in the book “Issues of suspected paraffin wax was brewed after cooking: vomiting after eating”, Miss foods responded on December 25th, saying: “The sesame peanut dumplings that consumers questioned boiled milky solids after boiling. In fact, it is due to the solidification of vegetable oil.” The response explained that the thought of using sesame oil in the production and processing of vegetable oil was indeed used. The reason why the turmoil in the Yuanyuan oil plant caused widespread public concern is that the vegetable oil may contain hydrogenated vegetable oil.

Hydrogenated vegetable oil is an artificial oil. The hardness of the hydrogenated vegetable oil increases to maintain a solid shape. Plasticity, fusion and emulsification are all enhanced, and the food can be more crispy. At the same time, it can also extend the shelf life of food, so it is widely used in food processing. Although there is no clear standard for the use of hydrogenated vegetable oils in China, most experts believe that hydrogenated vegetable oils are harmful to human health and increase the incidence of heart disease (such as myocardial infarction, arteriosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases).

In response to the turmoil in the glutinous rice dumpling, the missing food on December 27th sent two inspection reports issued by the Henan Province Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute to the 21st Century Network. The test results showed that medley was not related to paraffin. At the same time, Miss Foods also provided two supplier descriptions, in which Jinguang Food (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. stated that its oil products did not use hydrogenation during the production process. Kerry Grain & Oil (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. also stated that the supplied oil does not contain hydrogenated oil. Missing food claims that thinking about glutinous rice dumplings is using refined vegetable oil, which is not related to hydrogenated vegetable oil guessed in media reports, as evidenced by two cooperating suppliers.

The examination report issued by the Henan Province Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute that the food was provided to the media showed that the glutinous rice dumpling that did not detect the trans fatty acid was purple jade chestnut jade dumpling. The date of production of the submitted inspection product was December 26, 2012, and the inspection date was March 6, 2013. From the test report, it can be seen that the test data of trans fatty acids that missed Tangyuan was sent for inspection rather than by the national authoritative department. Missing the so-called test report of dumplings does not mean that the products on the market for sale do not contain hydrogenated vegetable oil.

From the materials provided to the media by missing foods, it can be seen that, in view of the turmoil in the glutinous rice dumplings, missing foods on the one hand detected the presence of paraffin in the glutinous rice balls, and on the other hand, the two cooperative companies did not provide hydrogenated vegetable oil to the missed foods. In fact, missing foods need to detect whether there are paraffins in the dumplings, but whether the vegetable oils used contain hydrogenated vegetable oils. This has the concept of stealing and disapproving the contradictory focus.

Similarly, the two companies’ declarations of cooperation with Missing Foods are not convincing. Among them, Jinguang Foods (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. said in a statement that the red rose shortening, seagull quick-frozen oil and flagship emulsified oil supplied by the company are made from refined vegetable oil as the main raw material and produced through quenching and kneading processes. No hydrogenation process is used in the production of oil products. What kind of process is "quenching and kneading"? Does it mean that hydrogenated vegetable oil is not included?

On the issue of food safety, when thinking about the processing technology and ingredient composition of glutinous rice dumplings, it is necessary to explain to the public why the use of vegetable oil in glutinous rice balls is necessary. Whether glutinous rice oil is used in glutinous rice dumplings or not? The purpose is to also think about food innocence on the one hand, and on the other hand to eliminate doubts from the public. Currently, the public's doubts about the use of hydrogenated vegetable oil in glutinous rice dumplings cannot be eliminated before the national authoritative department publishes the special inspection data on Siyuan Tangyuan hydrogenated vegetable oil.