West China City Daily: Is there a plasticizer in the plastic base of the mooncake? Plastic trays of eight brands of mooncakes on the Guangzhou market have been found to contain plasticizers that are harmful to human health. Reporters visited major supermarkets in Chengdu yesterday and found that most of the mooncake packaging is made of plastic. Experts warn that the plasticizer contained in the inferior plastic tray will become more harmful to health under the action of the mooncake oil.

Near the Mid-Autumn Festival, recent media reports, Guangzhou market 8 brands of mooncakes in the plastic tray, detected to contain harmful plasticizers. Are all plastic trays suspected of plasticizing agents? And how should the public judge? In this regard, food experts responded, inferior plastic to more recycled made, plasticizer added more, "each time the furnace will deposit impurities, the deeper the color, the more turbid, containing plasticizer suspected greater."

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"mooncake plastic plasticizer torrey, affect human health." Recently, there are provincial media reports that plasticizers have been detected in the plastic trays of 8 brands of mooncakes on the market in Guangzhou. Yesterday afternoon, a reporter from West China Metropolis Daily conducted an investigation in several supermarkets in Chengdu. The reporter found that in addition to a small number of cardboard packaging, most of the moon cakes are "dressed" in plastic.

Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncake sales counter surrounded by many ready to buy the public. "My old people love them," said Miss Wu, who was picking them out. "My family buys a lot of them every year." When the reporter mentioned the plastic plasticizer problem, Miss Wu shook her head, "are not all this packaging, I have not heard that it may be harmful."

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"was compared with other food, mooncakes plasticizer" erosion "is more likely." Southwest University School of food science Liu Wenzong teacher said that the oil in the moon cake will have a miscible effect with the plasticizer in the inferior plastic tray, accelerating the dissolution and penetration of the latter, "for example, the accumulated oil dirt on the table, wipe with a thin plastic bag is cleaner than paper." The plasticizer contained in the inferior plastic tray will become more harmful to health under the action of the mooncake oil.

Then, how should the public distinguish between regular and poor quality plastic trays? Liu Wenzong said that recycled plastics will become more impurities after each "furnace", and the color will be dim. According to this, it can be roughly judged that the risk of plasticizers in transparent or light-colored plastics is smaller, "the darker the color, the more cloudy, the greater the suspicion." But it is not absolute, and the specific quality supervision department needs to conduct professional identification."

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plasticizer is what? What harm to the human body? To this end, the reporter consulted the Southwest University food science school teacher Liu Wenzong.

"Plasticizer is an additive in plastic products, which can enhance the flexibility of plastic and make it easy to process." Liu Wenzong said that plasticizers are widely used in industry because of their special effects, but they are harmful to the human body, affecting the endocrine system, damaging the cardiovascular, digestive, urinary and reproductive systems, and may cause cancer.

Then, do the plastic tori of mooncakes contain plasticizers, and will they seep into the mooncakes? Liu Wenzong says plastic products can be broadly divided into two categories: raw plastic and recycled plastic. The former is made from raw materials in a single use and does not contain plasticizers or a small amount. The latter is made through the recycling of existing products, after many melting, filtering, solidification molding, "each processing time, the plastic hardness will increase, you have to add plasticizer. The more times of recycling, the higher the plasticizer content." Most of the plastic bases of regular brands of mooncakes are raw plastic, and plasticizers are not added. Due to its lower cost, recycled plastic is more "favored" by low-quality mooncake manufacturers, and the plastic brackets made are at high risk of containing plasticizers. Wang Jingyi, Trainee reporter of West China Metropolis Daily

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