CCTV News: As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people, and food is the first priority. Food additives are almost everywhere in the modern food industry. However, from the doubts about preservatives in pre-made dishes to the "water-retaining shrimp" exposed at the "3.15" party with a phosphate content exceeding 145%, the abuse of food additives has become an unforgettable concern on the people's dining tables. Recently, the Food Safety Office of the State Council and six other departments issued the "Comprehensive Management Plan for the Abuse of Food Additives" and deployed comprehensive governance actions nationwide.

The plan clearly states: the agricultural and rural departments crack down on illegal acts such as the use of agricultural inputs prohibited by the state in the production of edible agricultural products; the industrial and information technology departments strengthen the management of relevant chemical products and industrial raw materials production industries; the customs departments increase crackdown on illegal acts such as failure to truthfully declare imported food additives; the health and health departments study and improve the dynamic management system for food additive varieties; the market supervision departments strictly supervise the production, sales and use of food additives, strictly supervise the use of food additives in food production and catering services, and investigate and punish food additives beyond the scope and limit in accordance with the law.

First-level researcher of the Food Production and Operation Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation Qu Chuanyong: Comprehensively strengthen the source governance of agriculture, industry, import and other links. It not only includes the food production and operation links, but also the agricultural links and the management of edible agricultural products.

From farmland to dining table, this comprehensive governance action can be said to be a full-chain and full-process supervision. In a food additive production enterprise in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, law enforcement officers from the local Market Supervision Bureau conducted inspections on key areas such as production workshops, raw material warehouses, and finished product warehouses around the key links of food additive production.

Yang Tao, head of the Food Production Supervision Section of the Yuhang District Market Supervision Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province: Focus on whether the company strictly implements supplier control, as well as the inspection and recording system for raw material purchases, whether the production is organized strictly in accordance with the supply and formula, and whether the company is accurate in weighing additive raw materials.

Another focus of this action is to carry out inspections on the use of food additives beyond the scope and limits in the food production process. According to the new national standards for the use of food additives, preservatives shall not be used in canned foods, and preservatives dehydroacetic acid shall not be used in bread, pastries and other foods.

Not only in the food production process, but also in the catering process such as milk tea, spicy hot pot, and barbecue. At present, the market supervision department actively urges catering service companies to strengthen purchase inspections and shall not purchase or use food additives that do not meet the national food safety standards.

Law enforcement officer of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Qiaokou District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province Li Peiyao: In the catering process, there are three types of substances that are prohibited from being added. The first is industrial oxalic acid or shrimp washing powder, which can cause some diseases such as kidney stones; the second is the preservative nitrite; the third is some illegally added substances, such as poppy shells, which are not allowed to be used.

In fact, food additives are not "floods and beasts", the key lies in "using the right amount and accuracy".

Wang Bei, professor at the School of Food, Beijing University of Technology and Business: Each food additive will indicate the food category it allows, and the maximum amount of added to be used within the food category. Use beyond its use category, or use beyond its use, are considered to be an abuse of food additives.