Confirmed! All products removed from shelves in Fuzhou! Large-scale ban!

Like to eat bread and cakes

Waiting for baked goods

Have you found

Recently sold in Fuzhou market

What changes have occurred in this type of food?

This reporter learned today that with the official implementation of the new version of the "National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives", the sodium dehydroacetate that has been used for 26 years is no longer seen in the bread and cakes on the shelves of Fuzhou supermarkets. Instead, it has been replaced by preservatives such as calcium propionate, sorbic acid, and potassium sorbate that meet the requirements of the new national standard.

01Sodium dehydroacetate was removed from 7 types of food

Sodium dehydroacetate

It is a food additive widely used in many countries

The main function is to prevent the proliferation of microorganisms

Extending the shelf life of food

In 1998, sodium dehydroacetate was included in the list of national standard food additives. In order to extend the shelf life of products, merchants usually add it. For example, baked foods such as bread and pastries with high water content and soft texture are ideal "breeding grounds" for bacteria, so they are often used.

In recent years, with the increase in people's demand for baked goods

Industry assessment believes that

Oral exposure to sodium dehydroacetate at a certain dose

There may be potential security risks

therefore

The new version will be implemented on February 8

"National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives (GB 2760-2024)"

Sodium dehydroacetate

From bread, pastries, butter,

Prepared meat products, fruit and vegetable juice (pulp),

Starch products,

Baked goods (fillings and batter)

"Removed" from 7 types of food

02What is the situation of Fuzhou’s food industry after the implementation of the new regulations ?

In downtown Fuzhou

Yonghui, Sam's Club and many other supermarkets

Reporters found

Among the long-shelf-life pastry products on sale

Sodium dehydroacetate no longer appears

Instead,

Calcium propionate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, etc.

Formula that meets the requirements of the new national standard

Cake food company

"We previously used sodium dehydroacetate in more than a dozen cake products, and now we have adjusted the food additive formula of related products." Yang Bin, executive director of Fujian Andrewson David Food Co., Ltd., said that the company began adjusting the production process and formula in March last year. At present, all sodium dehydroacetate has been replaced with potassium sorbate. By November last year, the replacement of all sodium dehydroacetate in use had been completed.

Taoli Bread, Daliyuan, Panpan and other companies have also stated that they have adjusted their product processes and formulas, and will no longer add sodium dehydroacetate to new products.

Bakery

Multiple bakeries in Fuzhou city

The clerk told the reporter

The bread in the bakery basically does not add preservatives

Bread without fillings can be kept for 3 days

Those with fillings can only be kept for 2 days

Since the bakery does not use preservatives

therefore

The introduction of the new national standard

Little impact on the store

Milk tea shop

It is worth mentioning that

The "pearls" in bubble tea are starch products

Sodium dehydroacetate is also banned

The reporter visited the

When multiple chain milk tea shops

The store staff said

Pearls, pudding and other small ingredients

Basically, each store makes it fresh every day.

Individually delivered frozen

So no preservatives are used

Meat processing companies

Not only baking, milk tea and other industries

Sodium dehydroacetate will also

Used in the production of meat products

Although the new national standard does not prohibit this

But after the implementation of the new regulations

Many supermarkets and online shopping platforms have banned

Products with added sodium dehydroacetate enter the market

Our city’s meat processing companies have also made corresponding adjustments

Replace preservatives with lactic acid streptococci in production

At the same time, the packaging materials have been updated

03Pay attention to the production date and ingredient list

The implementation of the new national standard means

Consumers can buy

Safer and healthier food

However, the market regulator also stated

Sodium dehydroacetate is not "banned"

It is still a food additive that is allowed to be used

Can be used in pickled vegetables,

Fermented soy products and other foods

The reporter learned from the regulatory authorities

When consumers buy related products

Please pay attention to the production date and ingredient list

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Pre-packaged toast, cookies, wife cakes, egg yolk pastries and other breads and pastries with a long shelf life, if the production date is after February 8, 2025, should not contain sodium dehydroacetate in the ingredient list ; if the production date is before February 8, 2025, they may still contain sodium dehydroacetate, but as long as they comply with the regulatory standards at the time, these products can be safely eaten within the shelf life.