A recent report on preservatives in hotpot meals may have you thinking twice about eating the traditional winter warmer this season, but how worried should you be?
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- May 20, 2013
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Unacceptable levels were found in samples from hotpot restaurants across the city, a popular dining destination for Hongkongers. A possible carcinogen banned in food production was also found in...
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Ten out of 26 beef samples tested last month contained the toxic substance sulfur dioxide, believed to have been used as a preservative to make the meat look redder and fresher.
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Other names it goes by Acetic acid, disodium salt, disodium edetate.
What's it used in? Moisturisers and cleansers.
What does it do? Improves the stability of...
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Food watchdogs have found 15 meat samples containing the banned preservative sulfur dioxide, which traders use in order to make meat look fresher.
The samples were among 321 the...
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Other names?
Butyl 4-hydroxy-benzoate, butyl para-hydroxybenzoate, butyl hydroxybenzoate.
What's it used in?
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