Businesses in order to facilitate the sale of vegetables, add the vegetables to sell at the same time color, mostly fresh fruits and
vegetables tied with plastic tape. However, the gum residue on vegetables has caused consumers to question, worry about long-term consumption
is hazardous to health.
Major supermarkets in the Pennsylvania Reporter investigation found that this phenomenon has been widespread.
Consumers: difficult to clean vegetables and sticky tape
Today, Ms. Liu told reporters reflect public Binzhou, Binzhou some large supermarkets sell fresh vegetables, cargo area, fresh vegetables
generally tied with plastic tape. She cleaned the vegetables to take home when the plastic is often found on vegetables
To bring the gum residue is difficult to clean thoroughly. Liu questioned, "I worry about gum being consumed, would be harmful to human
health."
Subsequently, the reporter went to the shore of fresh fruits and vegetables, urban areas a number of large supermarket survey found that
use of these large supermarket vegetables are mostly tied a blue or green plastic tape. A variety of fresh vegetables, are about 1 cm wide
with
Strapping tape consolidation, and some leaves wrapped around, and some wound in the stem, neatly on shelves for sale.
In the majority of the tape, the reporter found that there are only marked vegetable suppliers of the brand, not only found no signs of
plastic tape and manufacture of safety-related components, and manufacturer and contact telephone number is also hard to find. When the mind
Will tape tear off, the fresh leaves of vegetables can easily be pulled together, and some vegetables and a little sticky surface of the
material remnants.
Supermarket: For the convenience of customers
Binzhou Ginza Mall store supermarket sales staff told reporters, fruit and vegetable supply business is to get vegetables to keep
strapping tape clean and beautiful, but also to facilitate customer selection. When a reporter that "the tape and glue on the tape
Quality in the end there is poison? There is no harm to human health? "Sales staff to answer, they do not know, as soon as possible to the
company reflects this.
"Before, no vegetables, tied with plastic tape, loose in cargo area, the customer to buy severely damaged after the remaining vegetables,
difficult to sell." During the interview, some supermarkets salesperson said, "tied with adhesive tape, can prevent
Remove only the customer leaves the surface. "
Consumer expectations, "Green" Packaging
According to the "Shenzhen Special Zone Daily" reported on the many plastic tape containing PTFE, PTFE acrylic and other substances, some
of its viscosity synthetic resin composition is usually also the main ingredient to make plastics. If the gum residue in the dishes
Leaves, long-term consumption may cause harm to human health.
In this regard, consumer associations relevant responsible person said, according to China's relevant laws and regulations for food
packaging materials must be absolutely safe, as at present there is no supermarket to use this tape for safety signs bundled vegetables
Is inconsistent with the relevant provisions.
Some consumers also expressed the hope that the supermarket can provide vegetables, "green" packaging, or provide non-toxic harmless to
health reports tape in order to eliminate the public's suspicions.
