China discovered 25 tons of toxic sprouts

Chinese authorities have confiscated 25 tons of bean sprouts from 6 bean sprouts production facilities in Shenyang City in Liaoning Province, after discovering products in these facilities are contaminated with a variety of toxic chemicals, Can cause cancer.

According to Shenyang City police, the initial inspection results showed that the above bean prices contain many dangerous additives banned from use in food processing, very dangerous for consumers' health.

These additives include sodium nitrite, urea Urea and enrofloxacin , in which sodium nitrite is a substance that, when reacting with stomach acid, becomes one of the causes of cancer .

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Chinese newspapers have harshly criticized businesses that use the gaps in monitoring to increase profits in the shortest time, without thinking about its consequences in the long term.

The latest incident related to food safety was discovered after clenbuterol- impregnated pork in Henan and Jiangsu regions and from milk contamination of melamine and sodium nitrite .

Earlier this month, after a round of inspections of milk production facilities, authorities discovered that 45% of milk producers were not eligible to issue licenses because they did not have enough equipment to control the content. Mlamine and antibiotics in milk.

In response to a series of recent food safety scandals, the Chinese government has proposed measures to properly investigate and punish those who violate food safety.