The terrible effects of yellow umbrella chemicals are used to create color in food

The yellow substance or banned substance Aurmine is a fabric dye. This substance ranks fifth among the top 116 carcinogens in the world. Such a toxic substance is still used to color many foods that endanger consumers.

The yellow substance is called Auramine O and the chemical name is Diarylmethane.

Harmful effects of yellow chemicals

Food expert Pham Nam said the yellow substance is called Auramine O and the chemical name is Diarylmethane. This substance is fluorescent, gold-plated particles dissolve in water and alcohol. What needs to be emphasized is that it is used in fabric dyeing, paper and wall scanning. There is no recommendation or permission for use in food processing.

In fact, the behavior used in food is caused by the seller, the producer regardless of consumers' health to create color. Because the benefits ahead of them were defying all that made people eating and using the product suffer long-term consequences.

According to WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), yellow matter is the 5th most important carcinogen in the world.

It is worrisome that the yellow substance is so toxic that the World Cancer Organization (IARC) has classified it as a third-class carcinogen, which is highly carcinogenic. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued Circular No. 42 on the list of additional chemicals and antibiotics banned from import, production, sales and use in animal and poultry feeds in Vietnam. Accordingly, adding 5 types of gold boxes to this list include: VAT YELLOW 1, VAT YELLOW 2, VAT YELLOW 3, VAT YELLOW 4, Auramine and Auramine derivatives, also known as basic yellow 2, use used in textile and dyeing technology.

Talking about gold, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duong, Deputy Director of Department of Livestock Production (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), said that gold is a chemical imported from abroad, which is used to dye fabric or be used. making materials for wall sweeping in the construction industry.This substance is not allowed to be used in food because it is harmful to human health when eating these meat residues.

Aurmine O also harms liver, kidney and bone marrow cells

On the same point, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh - Food Technology Specialist said, yellow umbrella (also known as VAT Yellow) is a chemical used to dye fabrics, so when added to food Holding or staining other foods, this substance will act as an indirect dye for the product, making it more difficult to detect.

Since this is an industrial pigment, there is no empirical study. But based on the chemical structure, the US National Cancer Institute, the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC, of ​​the World Health Organization WHO classified the yellow yellow dyes. belongs to group of 3 carcinogens . In addition to the cancer-causing effects, experiments on mice have shown that Aurmine O also harms liver, kidney and bone marrow cells.

Symptom

• People who are exposed to yellow cells may have symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, liver and kidney damage.
• If inhaled, it can cause breathing difficulties.
• In particular, for young children, if they absorb many of these substances, they may suffer from irritations, hyperactivity, distraction, lack of concentration.

Color-exposed skin will develop redness, itching, pain, inflammation, and necrosis.(Illustration)

• In addition, it stimulates local inflammation and edema, especially in the mucosa and mucous membranes.The skin, mouth, nose, and eyes are most often affected.
• Color-exposed skin will develop redness, itching, pain, inflammation, and necrosis .
• After inhalation, the victim will cough, shortness of breath, rapid breathing, wheezing, bronchospasm, and respiratory infections.
• If the dye enters the gastrointestinal tract, it causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and is very common.

Simple tips to trace fresh bamboo shoot with chemicals

Color outside

Non-chemical shoots are soaked in salt so they are slightly darker in color, while chemical-soaked bamboo shoots are white, or dark yellow because they are soaked in gold powder.

Normally primitive yellow bamboo shoots are light yellow, and chemical shoots are dark yellow. Natural shoots are light yellow or slightly dark.

Experts said that to distinguish whether or not the bamboo shoots containing chemicals when buying shoots should be observed with the naked eye or smelling the smell can also be distinguished.

Normally primitive yellow bamboo shoots are light yellow, and chemical shoots are dark yellow.

Brittleness

The pickled bamboo shoots are often brittle and broken. Natural bamboo shoots due to salt soaking should be tougher, not easy to break when broken.

Glossy

Chemical soaked bamboo shoots are often shiny, eye-catching, never moldy. Besides the chemical-free bamboo shoots are often big and small, have no gloss and do not look eye-catching.

Smell bamboo shoots

When choosing bamboo shoots, housewives also remember to send bamboo shoots, If you smell chemicals or bamboo shoots without a natural smell, do not buy. Because sulfur-dried bamboo shoots will have a characteristic smell of pickled sulfur. When smelling, there will be a characteristic SO2 odor of SO ₂ (sulfur scent).

In contrast, un-impregnated bamboo shoots retain a characteristic aroma, without a strange smell, without mold.

Tips for reducing toxins in bamboo shoots?

• Boil through fresh bamboo shoots 1-2 times when processing because xyanhydric acid dissolves in water and is volatile when heated. Boil the bamboo shoots and pour the water away and process it with your favorite dishes.
• Can use rice water to soak bamboo shoots also helps reduce toxins.