The risk of being easy to encounter with jam, handmade apricot

Many kinds of fruit jam and handmade apricot are being sold at the market, often without labels. Experts warn them of potentially harmful chemicals.

Most of this product is sold in wholesale markets like Dong Xuan, Long Bien .

Making jam at a craft facility in the craft village of Xuan Dinh, Tu Liem, Hanoi.(Photo: Nguyen Hoa)

Associate Professor Tran Dang (former Director of Food Safety) said that manual jam and apricot are not strictly supervised in production and testing, so they are easily contaminated with toxic chemicals. They may encounter problems in many stages, namely:

- From production materials, planting techniques can cause genetic changes, making tubers, fruits such as carrots and squash . bigger than normal. Growers will not be afraid to use stimulants, spray pesticides during care. In addition, un-preserved fruits can be crushed, rot, mold, thereby producing orchratoxin which can cause liver cancer.

- The problem of processing facilities is also worth considering."Many small and manual processing establishments, mostly made of limbs, make fruits polluted and unsanitary, but only by observing them, can we see them ," said Mr. Dang.

- The process of using too many types of coloring products, preservatives outside the regulations of the Ministry of Health, is not good for health.'Of course, it is necessary to have color products to have beautiful and eye-catching colors, to use preservatives to keep jam and shells for a long time, but producers often use too much to achieve high profits .' , associate professor Remarkable.

- Finally, the transportation process of this kind of jam and apricot. It is possible that even during the process of transporting goods to the consuming area, they are moldy and broken, but the seller does not hesitate to renew them.

People should be wary of jams, apricots, semi-weighed, unidentified origins.(Photo: Nguyen Hoa)

'There is no shortage of jams, erasure, and then gluing and selling paper. If anyone eats these moldy things, it is very dangerous. In the humid environment that is likely to be contaminated by microorganisms in the form of spores, many products are self-damaged in the process of metabolism . ' , Associate Professor Tran Dang said.

Since then, consumers are likely to suffer from some diseases. The food expert warned most often is acute poisoning. Its manifestations are abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, dizziness. But more dangerous than chronic poisoning. If too much of these jams and apricots are absorbed, toxins accumulate a lot and thicken, causing liver toxicity. Mold and preservatives are the main causes of cancer and blood, bone and kidney diseases.

Chung said that with Associate Professor Tran Dang, Associate Professor Ha Van Thuyet (former lecturer of Food Technology Department, Hanoi University of Technology) affirmed: 'The source of raw materials to make Tet jam, it is very difficult to control apricot. therefore, it is possible to be infected with pesticides and fertilizers . In addition, it is a source of chemicals, sugars used in contravention of regulations, over-permitted ., thereby containing many toxins. The disease that is most noticeable is food poisoning '.

Experts recommend consumers should only buy products that have been licensed by the health authority to ensure food hygiene and safety.'People never forget to read labels, expiry dates . , need to know the source, make sure to use it or not, buy it. Everyone should develop their own wisdom through seeing, smelling, tasting to see if mold is present, good or not . then make a decision , "said Associate Professor Dang.

He also advises that each family can process their own products according to guidebooks, and do not use many banned substances, preservatives, and ensure clean and healthy ingredients.