Misuse of ripening agents leads to lack of crisis supervision

Foreword: Under the drive of interests, numerous additives have made people's table crumble, plasticizers have gone, and ripening agents have made their appearance. The use of ripening agents for vegetables in many places in the country is proliferating. Immature vegetables can be pre-appeared on people's dinner tables by applying ripening agents. Excessive levels of ripening agents are harmful to human health. At present, there are no relevant detection standards and detection methods in China.

Profit-driven, ripening agents are in high demand Industry insiders say that the use of ripening technology is an objective requirement for the storage and transportation of vegetables. However, non-standard use is driven by many interests.

"Rat ripe vegetables" can be used in the morning market to gain price advantage. According to the surnamed Sun farmers from Shanghai, the tomatoes are generally winter crops, and the purpose of using ripeners is to get listed in advance and gain price advantage. This year's market conditions are relatively good, the wholesale price of tomatoes sold to 1.8-2 yuan / kg, compared to the natural maturity, the average ripening tomatoes price is about 0.8-1 yuan / kg, calculated according to 3,000 tons of tomatoes per mu , 1 acres of ripe tomatoes can make more than 3,000 yuan.

Use of "ripening agent" can increase production. A vegetable farmer in Huangzhou, Jiangsu Province, told reporters that there is a big difference between the use of no ripening agent and a normal long cucumber yield of 5,000 kg or so can be used up to 8,000 pounds. Others have good technology and higher yield per mu. The appearance is good, and selling fast is one of the reasons. The vegetable farmer said that cucumbers that use “ripening agents” are fresh, relatively easy to sell, and everyone likes to buy them. “In addition, the long shelf life is two or three days without the use of drugs on farms. They are weak and difficult to sell. The use of drugs can be preserved for at least five or six days. Gualou vendors and supermarkets are more welcome.” “This agent is cheap, this year. The yield of tomatoes on one mu of land is about 3,000 pounds, and it can sell over 5,000 yuan, while the cost of pharmaceuticals is about 5 yuan," said one vegetable farmer.

How to protect the absence of food safety supervision?

At present, in the detection system of “pollution-free vegetables”, there is no relevant detection index for “ripening agent”, and there is still no corresponding detection standard and detection method, so it cannot be judged whether the use of plant hormones is excessive. With more and less use of farmer experience, there are no poisons and no supervision.

Zhu Shidong, dean of the College of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, said that ripening is an indispensable technology in the production and circulation of fruits and vegetables in China. It can play a role in protecting product supply and resisting freezing and freezing, and has a wide range of applications. Cai Jianwei, professor of the Second Clinical Medical College of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that it is possible to rationally use plant growth regulators such as “ethephon” within the national standards, but excessive use or excessive use of the plant will lead to excessive levels of vegetable ripening agents. It may cause harm to human health. However, experts also stated that due to the unsound use of “ripening agents”, the relevant regulatory authorities have a hard time and rarely monitor whether or not a vegetable farmer has standardized the use of “ripening agents.” Therefore, whether “ripening ripe vegetables” is still safe "Mystery."

Additives that do not have "original sin" should be treated correctly The lack of regulation makes it clear that chemicals that cannot be used for food infiltrate into the food sector and trigger food safety incidents one after another. In the absence of a clear distinction between “who is right and wrong”, many people began to refuse food additives. The chefs of 19 famous restaurants in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, set off a “naked cooking” campaign and promised to the public that they would not use any artificial additives in cooking and would be willing to accept supervision from everyone. Food experts said that there is no “original sin” for additives, and the general public’s resistance to additives is a misunderstanding. It is the unlawful use of non-edible substances by a small number of people and abuse of additives. As an integral part of the food industry, many food additives have their own unique uses - if they do not add antioxidants and preservatives, many foods will rot and deteriorate in one day. For the modern food industry, Additives are absolute "heroes."

Do not use chemicals to “have” or “have nothing” to discuss the right and wrong. It must be divided into two. The correct use will bring benefits to people. The wrong use will bring disaster to people. If the illegal addition or addition exceeds the allowable range, it will cause harm. Such as melamine, as a chemical raw material, can be used for the production of plastics, coatings, adhesives, food packaging materials. It may enter the food from the environment, food packaging materials, etc., but its content is very low. Children's milk powder is less than 1 milligram per kilogram, but if it is intentionally added to replace protein, it will endanger children's health.

For frequent food safety incidents, in addition to strengthening the supervision of chemicals from the source, it is also necessary to increase the illegal costs of illegal adders.