How to choose sunflower seeds safely

The Department of Food Safety (Ministry of Health) recommends selecting sunflower seeds.

To ensure food safety for business, using sunflower seeds, the Department of Food Safety recommends that people not use marinated and preserved chemicals not on the permitted list for processing. preservation.

Absolutely do not do business, use sunflower seeds with mold, weevil, no origin and clear origin.

Consumers when buying sunflower seeds, should choose seeds that are hygienic, have natural colors (not too shiny, colorful), have a natural aroma, do not get moldy or have strange taste .

The Department of Food Safety is directing the localities to continue monitoring and sampling sunflower seed products in the border areas to assess toxic chemical residues and promptly warn consumers.

Previously, Food Safety Department (Food Safety and Hygiene) has just confirmed the results of testing of 10 ripe sunflower seeds (02 samples of white sunflower seeds and 08 samples of black sunflower seeds) collected in Hanoi city. National Institute of Food Safety and Hygiene.

Test results of 10/10 samples of total aluminum content (to assess the presence of alum) and silicon content (to assess the presence of talc powder) have not detected alum aluminum and powder Talc affects consumers' health.

Testing other indicators such as lead, Aflatoxin and toxin . were not found in all of the above samples.