Beware, Poisonous Glue on Food Label
If you like shopping for household monthly in supermarkets should start vigilant, because the researcher the University of Saragossa, Madrid, Spain, discovered the label on the package name and price of fresh food products containing toxic chemicals that are harmful to health.
Results of a study published the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry British, Monday (24 / 5) mentions, glue label the product name and price of at least four compounds containing toxic chemicals such as mercury, asbestos and acids chloride. The poison can penetrate the plastic wrap and paper packaging, so that foods contaminated with toxins in it can cause organ failure and death.
The researchers also found four different acrylics adhesive material commonly used on food labels, and examine in detail the 11 substances found in the adhesive or adhesive. The result, ten compounds containing low but residual toxicity other toxic compounds such as tetramethyldec, yne and diol exceeds the threshold and very dangerous.
Food technology experts from France, Valerie Guillard supports the results of that research and consumers worried about food safety. “The study proved that a mixture of glue on the labels of food products pack was able to seep into, at a level that could endanger the safety of consumers,” said Guillard.
Instead British Food, The Food Standards Agency, said the Spanish researchers findings needs further study, and consider the potential seepage or migration of chemicals into the food is still very low based on their previous research.
So far, the EU did impose strict regulations on the use of materials in direct contact with food, but not at the level of supervision of the use of adhesive materials used on food labels.