Controversy over 'Dyed Lettuce' in China, Following 'Formaldehyde-Contaminated Cabbage'
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In China, which previously sparked controversy over soaking napa cabbage in a carcinogen formaldehyde solution, cases of lettuce being dyed and distributed have now been uncovered. Local authorities reportedly destroyed the entire shipment of the problematic lettuce. According to reports from China's Shangguan Daily and Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily on the 7th, authorities in Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, inspected 53 vegetable dist…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee = It has been revealed that vegetable distributors in China are dyeing stem lettuce, known as 'gongcai,' with food coloring to make it look fresh.
Among the fresh vegetables like bright red tomatoes and edamame, there was a vegetable unfamiliar in Japan. It was "stem lettuce," a common vegetable in Chinese households. Now, a problem that threatens food safety in China has come to light regarding this vegetable. On the 5th, local authorities in Gansu Province, China, announced that six companies, including vegetable buyers, had illegally colored raw stem lettuce using food coloring agents. …
Authorities in Duzhong County, Gansu Province (China) have sealed and destroyed a large quantity of lettuce stems that had been illegally soaked in chemicals by traders to create artificial coloring.
[NEWSIS] It has been revealed by a local internet user that vegetable processing plants in China were illegally using food coloring to color stem lettuce. A Chinese internet user visited several vegetable processing plants in Yuzhong County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, and filmed the process of soaking vegetables in an unidentified green liquid. The video was recently posted on social networking services (SNS), generating significant attention…
Controversy is brewing in China after companies were caught applying coloring agents to stem lettuce to enhance its marketability.
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