Investigation: The illegal staining of dried shrimps can damage the liver and kidney after eating

BCC Beijing November 25 News According to the Voice of China "national News Network" reported that the reporter investigation found that some of the market on the dried shrimps products found illegally added industrial carmine. In Shandong Qingdao, Weihai and other fields of aquatic wholesale market, the reporter saw a lot of stalls before are filled with bright red color of the dried shrimps, traders said above is a kind of seasoning added. Peddler: What's so red about dried shrimps? I can see the red, bright, and those with the coloring. But another vendor told reporters that the brightly coloured dried shrimps were dyed. Stall keeper: You do not see the hands are red, that thing is dyed, drug blisters and you can not say clearly. Reporter to the two seafood market to buy three of dried shrimps sent to the Product Quality Inspection Institute for inspection, the results show that the color red-bright shrimp contains chemical pigment carmine. School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Sciences, Shandong University of Science and Technology Li Hui told reporters that Carmine although is allowed to use the additive, but has been banned in aquatic products, long-term use will damage the liver and kidney, the public buy dried shrimps not only look at the color of quality. Li Hui: Rub a rub, see the hand has no fade, and then one can smell its smell, if there is moldy deterioration of the smell, the color is still very bright, we suspect he is not added pigment.