On January 8, the China Association for Science and Technology science rumor refutation platform and the China Society of Food Science and Technology jointly released the "2020 Food safety and health rumor list", through the consensus of the science and technology industry, the following ten rumors were refuted, but also released the analysis of these listed rumors. After reading this list, have you been fooled?

Myth # 1: Live COVID-19 virus was found on the packaging of cold chain food, so it seems that you can't eat frozen food anymore!

Fact: Normal frozen food purchased through regular channels can be eaten. So far, there have been more than 80 million confirmed cases worldwide, and no infections have been found due to direct consumption of frozen food.

Myth # 2: Recovery milk is nutrient-poor and "fake milk".

Fact: Recovered milk is a widely used dairy ingredient, not a "bad product", it can also provide the body with protein and calcium and other nutrients.

Myth No. 3: Foaming foods are dangerous and cause rice yeast acidosis.

Fact: Rice yeast acid is a small molecule toxic metabolite produced by the Pseudomonas coconuti yeast subspecies of rice noodles under certain temperature and growth conditions. The main foods that are easy to cause this kind of poisoning are home-leaved grain self-fermentation food, spoiled fresh tremella and spoiled potato food.

Myth # 4: Eating frozen meat is bad for your health.

Fact: The safety of officially produced frozen meat is guaranteed by strict standards and production procedures. After its thawing, in addition to the nutritional content will have a little loss, other edible quality is almost no impact.

Myth # 5: Snacks with food additives are unhealthy.

Fact: The use of food additives in accordance with the relevant requirements of the national standard for food safety will not affect human health.

Myth No. 6: Frozen food is not nutritious.

Fact: Frozen food is an excellent carrier of traditional Chinese food industrialization, is the use of frozen process production, in the cold chain conditions to enter the market of food, its characteristics are the use of low temperature to maximize the preservation of the original quality of food.

Myth No. 7: Raw milk standards are low, so the milk taste becomes weak.

Fact: "Food Safety National Standard Raw milk" applies to raw milk, not ready-to-eat raw milk. "Milk taste" is a subjective factor, can not be used as a measure of product quality indicators, does not affect the nutrition of the product.

Myth No. 8: Potassium ferrocyanide in China's salt is toxic.

Fact: Potassium ferrocyanide is an anti-coagulant allowed in Chinese food salt and does not produce potassium cyanide under conventional cooking conditions. The reasonable use of potassium ferrocyanide in edible salt according to relevant regulations will not cause harm to human health.

Myth # 9: Eating overnight vegetables can cause kidney failure.

Fact: Overnight vegetables sealed and refrigerated for a short period of time do not pose a health risk, but overnight vegetables that have deteriorated should not be eaten. Try to "make the right amount as needed to avoid leftovers."

Myth # 10: Food wrapped in plastic causes cancer.

Fact: The plastics allowed for food packaging have undergone strict safety reviews, and the use of plastic packaging in line with national standards for food has no safety problems.

(Source/China Association for Science and Technology scientific rumor-refuting Platform China Society of Food Science and Technology)

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