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Recently, a netizen leaks on the Internet said: Xiangyang set street snacks use plastic cloth steaming and steamed dumplings you dare eat it? May 16th, the reporter visited the snack shop to investigate the situation behind the plastic cage cloth.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the reporter found the friends broke the news of the store, Ms. Wang is with a 5 year old son eat breakfast here, they just point the cage steamed dumplings. The reporter has observed a steamer tray cloth, steamed dumplings pad below is pure white, looks similar to plastic things. When a reporter asked diners would care about the steamed pad, Ms. Wang said there is no special attention, "but it seems to like plastic, under the condition of high temperature may will break down toxic substances, so steamed dumplings eat certainly harmful to the body. Ms. Wang is a little worried about this.

The last straw Steamed Jiaozi and the new use of food steaming pad

The shop owner Jiang Dezhong that reporters had come, said to us, this is called food steaming pad, high temperature resistant, easy to clean. Before steaming dumplings commonly used is straw mat, easy sticky food and is not easy to clean, earlier this year replaced this new product of food steaming pad, cleaning is not only convenient, usually scalded with boiling water can be, and looks more clean, health.

Reporter then contacted the comprehensive Xiangyang Fancheng District food and Drug Supervision Bureau Chief Liu Yong, Liu section chief told reporters that after receiving the friends broke the news, Fancheng District food and Drug Supervision Bureau for the first time arranged staff to the scene to conduct a survey, and asked the owner to provide steamer tray fabric swatches and procurement list.

Outer package of food steaming pad

After viewing the steamer tray cloth specifications and production site, staff introduced said, the evaporation pad implementation of standards in line with the national food hygienic standard for products rubber products, the main material for food grade liquid silicone rubber and polyester cloth, suitable temperature for - 10 DEG C to 220 DEG C. According to this analysis, in the case of ordinary steamed dumplings 100 degrees, the heat will not produce toxic substances, the public can rest assured. Liu Yong said.

Food grade silicone is by polycondensation of silicate inorganic polymer colloid material, the main ingredients are SiO2 nH2O, the content in more than 98%, non-toxic and tasteless, stable chemical property, in normal except hydrofluoric acid and caustic, don't any acid salt response. Because it is a kind of colloid structure, so it has a lot of micro holes and a large specific surface area. Edible silicone pore size is about 8-10nm, the specific surface area of 300-500m2/g, and the surface hydrophilic, the water has a strong absorption capacity, in the case of high humidity of its water absorption up to its own weight of 80%- 100% or more. So the food grade silicone can be used as food and medicine for external use desiccant. Because edible silicone is refined and sterilized, it can be combined with food and drug products directly to ensure that food is dry and food and food, while the human body without any side effects.