Three Chinese provinces have bright red duck eggs

On November 21, the General Department of Chinese Quality Control said in a 449 inspection of salted duck eggs processing facilities in 31 Chinese provinces discovered seven establishments of duck eggs with Sudan IV color.

Residents of Binh Son district (Hebei, China) bury colored duck eggs (Photo: Tom.com).

Not only does the fresh red duck egg, but in two supermarkets in Phuc Chau city (Fujian) also have fresh yolk chicken eggs with a higher level of coloring than the Bac Ha duck eggs. In addition, the inspection agencies discovered that the duck eggs are found in the cities of Zhoushan (Zhejiang) and Liaoning province. A Zhejiang household owner acknowledged in early October to give a spoonful of this color to 150kg of duck food.

Hebei Province police also arrested a person who specialized in buying eggs named Chu Lai Vinh. According to farmers, it was Mr. Zhou who gave this product to them and convinced it to be a new type of animal feed to help egg-laying ducks have a high nutrient content.

The phenomenon of color loss of poultry feed comes from the fact that in Beijing there is a kind of duck eggs in Bach Duong Dinh area (natural breeding) with bright red, high nutrition so other regions seek to produce eggs' fake 'and paste the label of Bach Duong Dinh duck eggs to easily sell at high prices.

* Red Sudan is an industrial red dye commonly used in products such as gasoline, oil, wax and shoe polish . However, many businesses have put this chemical into food to keep food fresh for a long time. This is a toxic chemical, potentially damaging DNA that leads to cancer.

It has been discovered that four red Sudanese types are often added to food, in which Sudan I (often referred to as Red Sudan) and Sudan IV (Sudan crimson) are most used. Red Sudan has been found in food in some countries such as China, England, Australia, South Africa . This color has been banned for use in food throughout the European Union since 2003, but still has Many companies use it to dye chili powder.

UYEN KIM - TRUC