Plastic tableware is harmful to the consumers should choose the proper disinfection ceramic tableware
Plastic tableware is harmful to the consumers should choose the proper disinfection ceramic tableware
With the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standard, the catering industry has become one of the industries with the highest degree of marketization and the fastest development. However, in recent years, a series of well-known enterprises have been exposed to food safety and tableware hygiene problems, and people's doubts about the health and safety of restaurants are increasing. How can we ensure the safety of consumers' restaurants?
Plastic cutlery is popular
Recently, the concerned citizen zhao to reflect, he a restaurants in our city last week, found the tableware on the waiter are plastic tableware, not only external oily, and also presents a big tableware internal oil stains. This unsanitary cutlery, which made Mr. Li no fun, was an unappetizing meal.
The proliferation of plastic tableware is not trivial
In response to the situation reflected by Mr. Zhao, the reporter visited several hotels in our city. Most hotels opt for tableware, but there are still some smaller restaurants that use plastic cutlery. The restaurant that USES ceramic tableware, the citizen repast needs additional pay, the price is generally one yuan per set, plastic tableware has no this regulation.
The reporter came to a small restaurant. After the guest left the table, the waiter took out the dishwashing basin and detergent, and poured all the used plastic tableware into a dishpan. Half basin water poured in a large amount of dishwashing essence, soon form a bubble, wash the tableware in the inside wash, then take out put in another the basin of water of clean water is rinsed, then use tablecloth to wipe dry namely complete. The quick cleaning process surprised the reporter.
The reporter moved to another snack bar. The plastic cutlery here is uniformly placed in a sterilizing cabinet, and the customer needs to take it out on its own when used. Close to disinfection ark, see ark body periphery have obvious touch to leave hand mark, the vitreous of disinfection ark also have a lot of dust to cover it. What surprised the reporter more is that the disinfection cabinet unexpectedly did not pass the power, completely became a decoration.
The reporter went to a rice noodle restaurant. Seven or eight young people are eating, and they are using plastic cutlery. A senior two students told reporters that they often brought their classmates over for dinner because the rice noodles tasted delicious. This kind of plastic tableware has been used all the time, and has never considered the sanitary condition of the tableware.
A concerned citizen tells a reporter, oneself because of the needs of work, often eat outside, found that giving small restaurant mostly plastic tableware, the appearance looks not very clean tableware, total feel slimy, even dry with a paper napkin to wipe clean.
Plastic cutlery is extremely dangerous
Controller tells a reporter, a food and beverage industry plastic tableware due to light, beautiful, not as easily broken as porcelain, especially popular with the market, more popular as the majority of residents and restaurants, unit canteens tableware.
Zhang, a teacher at the weifang business school in weifang, told reporters that the variety of plastic tableware is divided into seven types. Polystyrene (ps), used in bowl of instant noodles box, snack box; Polypropylene (pp), most of the boxes in the hotel are it; High density polyethylene (hdpe) suitable for food, medicine and cleaning products; Polyethylene terephthalate (pet), used for mineral water and beverage bottles, etc. Polycarbonate (PC), water cup, milk bottle; Low density polyethylene (ldpe) plastic film and plastic film, as a paper packing box; Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), only for vegetables and fruit refrigeration. Melamine plastic, which is not in the seven types of plastic, is a thermosetting plastic that is used to make bowls, dishes, chopsticks, spoons and other utensils. It is made of melamine, formaldehyde resin as the main raw material, adding a proper amount of cellulose filler and coloring agent.
People in the industry say that most plastic cutlery on the market is not qualified and is harmful to people. Many of the so-called environmentally friendly plastic tableware USES industrial-grade plastic ingredients and waste plastics instead of food-grade ingredients, and the plastic tableware gives out pungent odors after being burned with boiling water. At the same time, they are added to industrial paraffin and talcum powder in the production, which is easy to be found in calcium carbonate, and contains heavy metal lead, chromium and other harmful substances. If people are eating industrial calcium carbonate, they can easily develop gallstones and kidney stones, especially the heavy metal lead, which is harmful to the digestive tract and nervous system of the human body. More seriously, many seemingly brightly colored plastic cutlery and food contains oil, vinegar, water can dissolve each other, such as over after food enters the body, may cause indigestion, local pain, and a variety of diseases such as liver disorder, affect the mental development of children, severe cases can lead to gallstones, heavy metal poisoning, and even cancer.
The reporter learned from the relevant department that in early August this year, the municipal supervision department officials had made a secret visit to the packaging and distribution processing point of a plastic tableware in zhao gozhuang, jia yue town.
According to regulators, most of these plastic tableware is made of waste plastic is recycled again, because of its lightweight anti-throw, instruments manufacturer directly with his shovel and threw the utensils are made good on to set loading, after literally packed into various kinds of bag, transport logistics to packaging and distribution processing centers, transportation has caused pollution for the first time on the way. The distribution to be responsible for sorting packing, packing will be transported to the factory is not qualified plastic tableware artificial placed in a similar printer size, shabby machine complete set of packaging film, and then sent to the small hotel in zhuhai. The packers are the scattered staff of nearby villages. Neither the hospital nor the health certificate is consistent with the conditions of the upper post, which also causes secondary pollution to the tableware. City industrial and commercial bureau and health bureau to them many times, has given the corrective report issued out of business, but as a result of plastic cutlery packaging distribution processing of low cost, profit quickly, they continued operation, only will place went to the ground, and the related law enforcement "guerrilla".
Use of formal disinfection ceramic tableware
Plastic cutlery is neither safe nor sanitary, either from the ingredients of the production or the cleaning process. So what is the hygienic situation of porcelain tableware?
The reporter learns from the regulation department, our city's original tableware centralized disinfection enterprise reaches more than 30, but the enterprise good and bad is mixed, the actual obtain the business license and the disinfection permission occupy a few. Catering industry are of the utmost importance in recent years, the city government of health problems, city industrial and commercial bureau, bureau of health and food and drug administration is strengthening management, strictly comply with the ministry of health issued the tableware concentrated disinfection unit health supervision rules, actively carry out disinfection of tableware concentrated rectification work, once a month, advertisements has banned a dozen illegal disinfection.
Recently, a reporter visited a large-scale food and beverage disinfection enterprise in zhujiazhuang, huanghua town. Xin hui jie tableware sterilization center was established in 2007, enter the enterprise disinfection workshop, the worker dress is neat and clean, the whole set of cleaning line is orderly, the workshop, have special glass partition. In the quality inspection department, the staff sampled the tableware after sterilization on the same day, and strictly ensured that every set of tableware delivered went to the hygienic standard.
Disinfection center director, told reporters: "recycled tableware disinfection need through multi-channel processes, including for slag, sorting, secondary slag, four high pressure, high pressure spray surfing soak cleaning, four high pressure cleaning, high-temperature steam sterilization, 360 ° high temperature disinfection, eventually into the packaging assembling line into products. These cleaning and disinfection procedures, strict rules and regulations, ensure the final cleaning of the tableware. The company distributes the cutlery every day to hotels and restaurants in our city. At present, about 80% of the tableware in our city is sent to xinhui clean tableware sterilization center for cleaning and disinfection. The disinfection center is also checked by the city center for disease control and prevention every month. The head of the disinfection center showed the reporter the latest test report of the disease prevention and control center of the city on August 27. The report showed that the disinfection table was qualified. Speaking of future development, the head of the disinfection center said that it is now preparing to expand the site and introduce more advanced sterilization and testing instruments to make people more comfortable using tableware.
Food association of relevant personage warns broad citizen, at present the country has not yet issued rules about the use of plastic tableware, and for the use of disinfection cleaning job is a technical problem, still need to the social from all walks of life, to discuss. When consumers go out to eat or buy their own tableware, they try to use ceramic appliances and away from plastic tableware so as to make sure the food is safe.
