Caught red-handed a facility using chemicals to produce bean sprouts
To make bean sprouts grow quickly, plump, white, beautiful and fresh for a long time, this facility uses a chemical diluted with cold water.
On September 23, the Environmental Police Department (PC49 - Dong Nai Provincial Police) announced that they had just caught red-handed the bean sprout production facility of Mr. Do Nhu Bao (Ward 8, Ho Nai Ward, Bien Hoa City) using additives and chemicals of unknown origin to produce bean sprouts.
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Bean sprouts using growth stimulants were seized by authorities. |
Previously, at around 11 p.m. on September 22, police inspected the facility and discovered three workers using chemicals to produce bean sprouts.
According to the owner of the facility, to make bean sprouts grow quickly, plump, white, beautiful and fresh for a long time, they must use a chemical (of unknown origin) diluted with cold water, then watered directly onto the beans, stimulating the beans to germinate quickly. After about 3 to 5 days, these bean sprouts are sold at some markets in Bien Hoa City.
Initially, the police agency drew up a record of administrative violations, confiscated 5kg of chemicals (of unknown origin) and sealed some price samples, continuing to analyze to have a basis for assessing the level of violation of this price production facility./.
According to VOV