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The national ten percent of bottled water is unqualified Toxic the bucket?

Recently, the state food and drug administration said in a report, for the sampling of bottled water, 11.9% of the bottled drinking water is unqualified, among them, henan named seven bottled water production enterprises. By national mandatory standard, bottled water must use PC (polycarbonate) material bucket array, using other material bucket will cause damage to human body, but the reporter through the river for interactive platform, the survey found more than half of the net friend don't know or didn't pay attention to bottled water bucket is made of what material.

Zhengzhou bottled water sales market? Consumers should pay attention to when buy bottled water? How to identify the bottled water bucket is made of PC material? Reporter for the visit.

The lining of turbid bucket are common

Recently, the reporter came to the nearby villages to visit zhengzhou zheng seven street, in the depths of an alley, a door that read "bottled water" storefront, outside billboards with 5 yuan per barrel, the reporter discovers to purchase the identity of the person in water to visit, the store area of more than 10 square meters, with more than 10 barrels of bottled water on the ground.

Near the ShunHeLu a bottled water outlets, with a lot of bottled water in the hall, some piled up against the wall directly, and some just beside the empty barrels from user home recycling, the difference in degree of old and new, bucket individual barrel seems obvious is the use of long, old appearance, barrel mouth still have some cloudy marks on the lining. A female staff said, the price of the store bottled water is 10 yuan/barrel and 12 yuan/barrel two kinds, respectively is pure water and mineral water, also said that "the quality is absolutely assured".

According to the current national compulsive standard "stereotyped packaging enterprise production health drinking water standard" regulation, bottled water production, sterilization and storage conditions are quite strict. For example, through the inspection of bottled water in the finished product should be stored in the shipping department, according to the varieties and batch deposit, shall not be mixed, finished product with the distance of the ground, metope should be piled up more than 10 centimeters, so that the ventilation, it is strictly prohibited to bottled water or deposited in the open air near the fire.

But, recently, the reporter continued to visit zhengzhou city multiple bottled water outlets and found that few can achieve this standard, especially the humble abode in some villages bottled water supply level, health situation worse, bucket wall dirty is common. In a bottled water outlets near the high road, the door wide open, with ash from time to time with wind inside, the store of some finished bottled water is layer upon layer of the pile, some of the bucket bottom pressure directly on the other barrel mouth barrels.

Lived near the road of the English association, Mr. Chen told reporters, one time, he ordered a barrel of bottled water 12 yuan, has not yet opened unexpectedly found a bucket with toilet paper.

PET material bucket half cheaper than PC material

During the visit, the reporter found that sales of bottled water is generally of zhengzhou weight 18.9 liters. And the same weight of a bucket of water, the price can vary more than ten times.

The British association of operating a road near the bottled water business in zhengzhou, the boss of Xue Xiansheng, said his shop selling water are all famous brand, the price of the same brand can be divided into 5 types, the cheapest 15 yuan, the most expensive is a kind of mineral water, 23 yuan/barrels, "some villages within a bucket of water to sell even one dollar, two dollars, but the water is the water from the tap." Xue Xiansheng told reporters that the price difference is so high, because of the water quality is different, in addition, also depends on whether the water for the brand, such as robust bottled water, such as a barrel price is 5 to 10 yuan more expensive than ordinary water.

Zhengzhou ShunHeLu, however, a staff told reporters that quietly at her store bottled water is the most expensive only 12 yuan, actually some brand bottled water, water quality is similar to her family, all from the same water into water, change the well-known trademark, the price can be doubled.

Decides the price of bottled water, there is also a important factor is the quality of the bucket. The bottled water industry in zhengzhou for 11 years in the business of Xue Xiansheng revealed that some cheap bottled water bucket is used PET (polyethylene terephthalate) material, not the provisions of the state mandatory use of PC material, because of the price of PET material bucket is only 1/2 or 1/3 of the PC material bucket.

According to the stereotyped packaging drinking water production health standard "requirement, bottled water bucket material must meet the following conditions:

1. PC material to ensure the quality of after repeated recycling barrel in good condition

2. Good in sealing to prevent the pollution of water

3. The cleaning and disinfection before filling must be strictly implemented

The harm of unqualified material bucket:

Henan province pledges inspect bureau said a technician, unqualified material bucket, after long time use of natural aging, produce low molecular compounds, these substances dissolve in water, after drinking will cause harm to human body, especially the barrel made of PET material, decompose harmful substances at high temperature, serious can cause cancer, and bottled water in the bucket must have a high temperature disinfection process when recycled.

No quality safety sign

For these, most Internet users don't understand

Reporter through the river for interactive platform to investigate and found that more than half of all Internet users don't know whether or not noticed his use of bucket is made of PC material, a man named "le le" netizens said, as professional, so ordinary citizens can have a few will understand!

Bottled water safety regulation have division of labor

If after drinking inferior bottled water has had the food safety issues, should find who complained?

The province pledges inspect bureau enforcement staff to introduce, if citizens of bottled water manufacturers in the production process are found not according to the provisions of the state of production, such as disinfection is unqualified, the production workshop does not conform to the hygiene rules, etc., can complain to door of pledges inspect bureau. If it is to buy the street bottled water outlets selling water, the quality and safety problems, can complain to the ministry of commerce and industry.

Disappear is protected in the province industrial and commercial bureau chief introduction said, on the streets of bottled water outlets must the ability after obtaining the business license management, however, now circulation of food safety supervision and management have been handed over to the agency. Subsequently, the relevant person in charge of the provincial food drug administration of food safety supervision department explained that at present, the provincial level is still in the circulation of food safety regulatory problems hand over formalities.

Reporter discovery, according to the henan province people's government on the food and drug supervision system reform of the implementation opinions "(yu zheng [2014] no. 28) the provisions of the food and drug supervision system reform transition period, each link of the food safety regulatory responsibilities and drug regulatory responsibility shall be borne by the original system. Henan province, according to the industrial and commercial bureau's website, in the past, the province circulation of food safety regulation is in the charge of the agency from place. This means that consumers in bottled water sales link of food safety problems, still can complain to the local industrial and commercial department, 12315.