New cutlery with vinegar soak before use

Backgrounder: International Food Packaging Association recently will be part of Beijing's censorship found melamine tableware, super Bacheng illegal use of inexpensive, toxic and harmful materials. These unqualified melamine tableware excessive because the amount of formaldehyde dissolved, pigment bleaching, etc. will bring enormous health hazard.

Colorful, diverse styles, lightweight impact, and because of melamine tableware, these advantages are a lot of consumers, but also become the practice of some parents to the baby to eat a special cutlery. Are these beautiful and practical tableware to withdraw from our life?

"As long as not used for ultra-high temperature environment, qualified melamine tableware can still rest assured that use." State Environmental Protection Product Quality Inspection Center ad hoc experts, the International Association for Food Packaging Lion, vice president of Dong said, melamine tableware, the professional name of the called secret amine tableware, is a melamine resin (also known as melamine resin) production, which is a mature food packaging technology, its characteristics and stability, can withstand 150 ℃ high temperature (but can not be used for microwave heating). The poor melamine tableware is used can not be used in food packaging production of industrial raw materials, urea-formaldehyde resin, and it is below the temperature at 80 ℃ on a very easy to precipitate formaldehyde and other harmful carcinogens.

Because the material is different from the market price of melamine tableware and differ greatly in the wholesale market may be selling 34 yuan, while in the large supermarkets were up to 10 yuan. However, merely the appearance of melamine tableware difficult for consumers to distinguish the pros and cons, we must conduct the relevant tests in order to be identified, such as water immersion, or in full bloom hot food, poor quality tableware in formaldehyde, or paint may "run out" , issued a sharp odor or the occurrence fade Blushing.

Dong president suggested that, to be safe, consumers in the purchase of such utensils, the cutting can not figure cheap, should go to large shopping malls and supermarkets to buy, and production licenses and passed QS logo. But also to pay attention, the real Melamine resin is white, now on the market are on the brightly colored melamine tableware off color, so choose a white or light-colored tableware safer.

Dong president also suggested that, regardless of melamine tableware, or ceramic, stainless steel utensils, even if the purchase is a qualified products, because of its greater or lesser extent in the production process will be residues part of the harmful substances, so the best should be before use dealing with a lot on the one hand, sterilization, it can also promote the dissolution of residues of harmful substances, or volatile. Dong, president of the recommended methods First, by using vinegar soaked 2 hours, and the other is to boil water for 5 minutes or so, and then let the dishes soak to the natural cooling