Scary warnings from Chinese garlic

Recently, there has been a lot of information about Chinese garlic being sprayed with pesticides to stop it from sprouting, being bleached and soaked in chemicals that affect the health of consumers.

Chinese garlic is flooding the market.

Garlic is a spice commonly used in Vietnamese people's daily meals. Although Vietnam has many places to grow it such as Ly Son, Da Lat, etc., Chinese garlic is still imported into Vietnam. In fact, almost every market sells Chinese garlic because the price of this type of garlic is much cheaper than the type of garlic grown in our country.

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Chinese garlic has large, white cloves, looks nice on the outside, and is easy to peel. The price is about 1/3 cheaper than the price of some domestic garlic. This makes many housewives very fond of it, and sellers earn more profit when selling Chinese garlic.

Many eateries and restaurants are very fond of Chinese garlic, because this type of garlic is much cheaper than other types of garlic. Meanwhile, Chinese garlic has large cloves that are easy to peel, can be stored for a long time without sprouting, so processors love to use it.

Some dangerous warnings from Chinese garlic

According to US import and export statistics, over 80% of the garlic sold worldwide now comes from China. Most of this garlic is sprayed with chemicals to stop it from sprouting and bleached. Chinese garlic may be watered with sewage and disinfected with methyl bromide before being exported. This is a pesticide that is very toxic to humans, it can damage the respiratory system and central nervous system, even causing death.

The Age, citing a survey by the Australian Garlic Industry Association, warned that most Chinese garlic is sprayed with chemicals to stop it from sprouting. Not only that, the garlic has been bleached and prevented from insects.

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American food inspection teams have repeatedly found garlic from China containing toxic chemicals. Chinese garlic is grown with high levels of growth hormones, then bleached and treated with long-term preservatives. The change in the taste of Chinese garlic is also one of the signs of toxic chemicals hidden deep inside the garlic cloves.

China’s polluted environment and soil are also the cause of the serious garlic poisoning. An official report by the US government in 2014 said that nearly 1/5 of China’s land area is contaminated with heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic as well as other harmful pesticides and fertilizers.

According to Ho Chi Minh City Law