Recently, Vietnamese industrial cassava starch flows into Henan, Hebei and Shandong provinces, posing as edible starch for sale. The quality supervision department is conducting a comprehensive inspection of JiNan food production enterprises. At present, JiNan has not yet discovered the situation of industrial starch posing as edible starch for sale. It is understood that the imported starch involves Vietnam's production of Tiger, red horse, Dragon and Phoenix, Square, Lao Li, crocodile, elephant and other brands of industrial cassava starch, the main problem is sulfur dioxide, heavy metal exceeding the standard.
At present, in order to prevent industrial cassava starch and industrial starch from flowing into the food processing link of Jinan City, the Jinan Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau has carried out inspection work to carry out a comprehensive inspection of food production enterprises in the provinces and cities that use starch, especially starch as the main raw material. To ensure the safety of public consumption.

The staff of the Bureau of Quality Supervision introduced that first of all, a thorough inventory of all food production enterprises in the area involved in the use of starch, especially starch, as the main raw material, and the inspection of industrial cassava starch and industrial starch produced in Vietnam. Among them, it is found that the use of industrial starch, especially products involving Vietnamese industrial cassava starch, should be sampled separately from the raw materials and products, and the samples should be sent to the relevant inspection agencies for inspection.

It is understood that the quality supervision department strictly checks the record and use of incoming bills and food additives, and finds that industrial starch, especially cassava starch produced in Vietnam, should be immediately taken sealed and disposed of in accordance with relevant procedures; The problems found in the inspection shall be reported to the relevant departments at any time.
Experts said that cassava starch is white, divided into original starch and various denatured starch, widely used in the food industry and non-food industries, denaturated starch can be customized according to the specific requirements of users for special purposes.
Transferred from: China Amylose Exchange