Recently there was a rumor that the American Medical Association had discovered the "killer" of cancer -- plastic. It advocated not drinking tea, coffee or any hot beverage in plastic cups, not eating any hot food wrapped in paper or plastic bags, and not eating food in plastic containers or microwaves. It is rumored that when food is exposed to high temperatures, the chemicals produced by plastic can cause 52 types of cancer. Therefore, it is important to avoid drinking all kinds of beverages in plastic bottles.

This may sound like a denial of everything we eat in fast food culture, but is food in plastic really that terrible?

In order to cater to the market, improve the quality of food and increase the added value of food, choosing the right materials and technology for food packaging has become an important trend in the development of modern food industry.

plastic, due to its stable chemical structure, has good film processing characteristics, with isolation of air, to prevent microbial pollution, effectively extend the shelf life of food and other functions, has become the most used, the fastest growing food packaging materials, its market application exceeds 50% of the total amount of food packaging materials, ranking the first of all kinds of food packaging materials, It is the "main force" of the food packaging industry.

Network transmission plastic packaging will produce 52 kinds of chemical substances to pollute food, after eating will cause cancer, so do not eat a variety of plastic packaging of food, this statement is very unscientific.

Commonly used food plastic packaging materials, including polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, etc., is a polymer material. This kind of material, by the monomer through chemical polymerization, molecular weight is very large, high stability, will not easily migrate to food.

Food packaging belongs to the supervision of the "Food Safety Law", of which the "General safety requirements for food contact materials and products of national standards for food safety" stipulates that the migration amount of packaging plastics in contact with food shall not exceed 0.01mg/kg, this dose will not pollute food.

Formal food packaging and food production enterprises must go through the relevant government departments of strict review procedures and product quality inspection to be granted a production license, the process to ensure that packaging materials are to meet the food safety requirements, will not cause harm to the human body. Moreover, at present, there is no scientific evidence to confirm that plastic packaging can cause cancer, the cause of cancer is very complex, can not be simply attributed to plastic.

Therefore, the food plastic packaging used by regular manufacturers on the market is in line with national standards, food safety is guaranteed, there is no possibility of eating plastic packaging food cancer. (The above manuscripts are from the scientific refutation platform)

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