How to choose moon cake to ensure food safety

Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, each house is indispensable to the cake baked, flexible cake. However, there are many types of counterfeit and counterfeit cakes that are not hygienic. So how to choose moon cake to ensure your family's health?

In preparation for making a cake, there are many kinds of food ingredients from flour, fresh meat and meat products, spices and food additives (colorings, preservatives, anti-substances). mold), all kinds of bread wrappers. Especially processed by different technologies from craft to industrial lines at the factory or at the household.

Mooncakes are not preserved long (shelf life is only 1-2 months).

Each type of material is at risk of pathogenic microorganisms (mold, yeast, staph, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, parasites .), toxic chemical pollution (weight gain, Prohibited antibiotics, preservatives, plant protection chemicals, banned colors, chemicals used as food additives outside the list, toxic chemicals due to expired products, products quality changes due to improper storage .). Then the sanitary conditions of processing places, processing tools, cake preservation equipment, the hand of the processor, the eaters are all at risk of containing 'agents ' that pollute the cake.

Mooncakes are not preserved long (the shelf life is only 1-2 months), the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival is very short, the consumption demand of the people is increasing sharply, even exceeding the production capacity. .but because of "profit" many manufacturers, business despite food safety regulations, quality of raw materials to produce, exploit the source of goods for business.

The final consequence of not ensuring food safety of a stage or many stages of making bread is to make contaminated cake at risk of causing acute and chronic food poisoning, food-borne diseases and affecting health and life for people who eat.

Therefore, to ensure food safety for the moon cake market, consumers are an important determinant. Every consumer should become ' Wise consumers' : know how to buy moon cakes and use moon cakes to ensure food hygiene and safety.

It is advisable to buy moon cakes at well-known establishments that have the supervision and inspection of medical agencies.(Illustration).

How to choose moon cake

According to the Department of Food Safety, delicious moon cakes, ensuring food hygiene and safety often have a golden cake face, thin cake skin, and when the cut is not broken. It is advisable to buy moon cakes in well-known establishments that have the supervision and inspection of the medical agencies and must carefully consider the labels of the cakes, which must be fully inscribed on the production date and use duration.

Mooncakes for a long time or in a hot environment, very humid, easily moldy, damaged, so they must be checked before buying even if the shelf life is still available. Do not buy, do not use moon cakes without labels.

Dr. Lam Quoc Hung - Food Safety Department recommends buying moon cakes to ensure food safety according to the following criteria:

1. Baking: Choose a cake that has a moderate gloss, which is soft and elastic when pressed. Avoid choosing too shiny cakes because it is a cake expression for a long time.
2. Flexible cake : It is recommended to choose steamed bread with light powder on the cake surface. When pressing on the cake, it feels soft but not sticky.
3. Product must be of clear origin: with the name of the manufacturer, address of the production site, instructions for use, storage .
4. The product must contain the date of manufacture, expiry date and expiry date.
5. Products are sold in hygienic places, have enough cover equipment to avoid dirt, rain, sun, invading insects, storage in accordance with regulations on the product label of the manufacturer.
6. Consumers must use their senses to make sure that the product is not crushed, the packaging is not torn, no unusual color, no stains, moldy, damaged and no strange smell .
7. Absolutely not choose, buy floating products, no origin, expired goods, torn packaging, deformed products, contraband goods,

How to preserve and use moon cake

1. The purchased bread must be stored in a clean, covered place to avoid dirt, rain, sun, invading insects and stored in accordance with the manufacturer's product label.
2. Only eat bread with limited use , not crushed deformed, packaging is not torn, no unusual color, no stains, moldy, damaged and no strange smell.
3. Wash your hands before cutting, dividing bread and before eating cakes.
4. Do not eat too much cake and protein, fat, and sugar foods in your diet to avoid food absorption disorders.
5. When there are abnormalities in health due to quick eating and drinking to the nearest medical facility for timely advice and assistance on expertise.