Detecting food suspected of containing carcinogens

The Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department, Nam Dinh Province Police, has just discovered a batch of food without documents, many of which show signs of using carcinogenic substances...

Authorities inspect goods at a store in Nam Dinh - Photo: Van Dong

On the morning of April 24, the Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department, Nam Dinh Provincial Police, said that on the afternoon of April 23, this unit coordinated with Market Management Team No. 1, Nam Dinh Market Management Department to inspect a sausage business and some food products owned by Mr. Hoang Quoc Dam (29 years old), located at 199 Vu Huu Loi Street, Cua Nam Ward, Nam Dinh City.

Here, the inspection team discovered 584 packages (292 kg) of Tokyo brand sausages and Ho Lo Vietfood brand sausages, Surimi brand shrimp products (produced by Viet Food Processing and Trading Establishment, located in An Tay Commune, Ben Cat District, Binh Duong Province), 81 boxes (40.5 kg) of Quang Linh brand sour sausages (produced by Quang Linh establishment, located in Binh Hoa Commune, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi), 9 bags (45 kg) of chicken floss (produced by Nguyen Thi Van business household located at 300 Dong Khoi, Tan Phong District, Bien Hoa City), 11 bags (55 kg) of instant dried meat (produced by Trung Nam Industrial Food Service Trading Production Company Limited) and 50 bags (1,134 kg) of corn kernels of foreign origin without Vietnamese sub-labels.

Store owner Hoang Quoc Dam could not present invoices, documents, and procedures related to food quality declaration of all the above goods.

Notably, out of 292 kg of sausages, 212 kg, including 182 kg of Tokyo sausages (364 packages, 3,640 pieces) and 30 kg of Vietfood Ho Lo sausages (60 packages, 2,400 pieces), all showed signs of using the additive Sodium nitrate 251, a substance that can cause cancer and is banned from use in this food.

The working group made an initial record and temporarily detained all the above food and goods. At the same time, they took samples of the two types of sausages mentioned above and sent them to the appraisal agency.

This afternoon, April 24, the Environmental Crime Prevention Police Department handed over the case and evidence to the Nam Dinh Market Management Department for further verification and handling according to regulations.

According to Thanhnien.vn