Supermarket taped vegetables harmful to health?

Often in the supermarket to buy food for the people will notice , most of the supermarket with fresh vegetables strapping tape . Recently, a message on the Internet spread to : tape tied vegetables will be left toxic substances, long-term consumption can cause disease. Friends talking about this , then , the situation in the end what is it ? In this regard , the reporter visited several supermarkets in Fuzhou .Wholesale masking tape


Supermarket : tape tied dish is common practice

In several large supermarkets in Fuzhou , the reporter saw cabbage , Chinese cabbage, spinach and other vegetables are dark blue tape tied up sales. In the area of fruit promotion , many apple , white melon also been tied up tape sales . Wuyi Road, a large supermarket sales staff said that while some cargo on the fruits and vegetables with tape, partly tied to the purchase of the staff , " taped dish is a common practice , mainly in order to facilitate consumer choice ."

Insiders a long-term supply of vegetables to supermarkets , told reporters, " because the state is no mandatory requirement , most supermarkets have a lower cost of industrial tape tied vegetables ." According to the informed sources, although these industrial tape by the correlation detection , but can not guarantee completely non-toxic .Sellotape


Doctor: Long-term intake will increase the burden on the kidneys

A staff member in Fuzhou Food and Drug Administration said there is still no national testing standards and vegetables tape , the tape is difficult to identify whether harmful , regulators there are some difficulties. " Similar to plastic wrap, tape and other packaging materials, food safety before the market go through the standard test ." The staff member said , but does not rule out some contain formaldehyde , toluene and other unqualified tape into the market.Washi tape


Provincial Hospital Medicine Dr. Wang said the strong industrial adhesive tape , stick if not cleaned , then the amount of tape remaining in the body surface is certainly a lot of fruits and vegetables , long-term ingestion of tape material will increase the burden on the kidneys . He suggested that the people who best cleaning tape wrapped over consumption of fruits and vegetables when clean and , if necessary, even peeling .Masking tape