Deputies questioned "mineral water": a bottle of drinking water affects the representative of the heart

Xinhua Beijing March 11 (Xinhua Li Yabiao, MRS) and then normal, but a small bottle of drinking water, has become talks about the two NPC topic.

wide Jilin Forest Industry Group Chairman Park Shiyan, Hubei new representatives on behalf of Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen-day, in two sessions this year have presented a ban added to the drinking water food additives proposal.

"added food additives in drinking water is completely unnecessary." Bai Guang new representative said. Expert advice he had been, in the so-called "mineral water" to add the artificial minerals are sodium chloride, potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate, a small number of water also add sodium hydroxide, potassium bicarbonate, etc., the addition of mineral content in natural mineral water is only one-tenth of the body type also requires a far cry from the 21 kinds of minerals.

food safety law, food additives should be really necessary in technology and proven safe through risk assessment, before inclusion of allows the use of the range. National health administration department under the technical necessity and the food safety risk assessment results in a timely manner the variety of food additives, the use of the scope of the standard amount of revision. "Therefore, in drinking water must be banned by adding food additives, or to the market 'mineral water' marked as 'additive water'." Bai Guang new representative said.

Chen days before the two sessions will be investigated on behalf of various brands of "mineral water" from tap water generally, the first made of pure water, then add two or three additive system percent. At present, a considerable portion of the market, "mineral water" has artificially added to food additives. Although manufacturers claim to do so is to "adjust the taste of pure water", its essence is to economic interests. The need for these artificial "mineral water" ordered a halt.

wide, according to a new representative of the Park, in foreign countries, the United States Federal law explicitly provides that the prohibition of drinking water to add any food additives. The UK's "natural mineral water, spring water, bottled drinking water Act" prohibits not only soften water into pure water, while clearly defined to avoid confusion with natural mineral water, does not allow products labeled "mineral water" in the name of the . The United States in foreign countries, a large beverage companies to add production of drinking mineral products are only allowed as "flavored pure water", while in China is called "mineral water."

new representative Bai Guang and Chen-day representatives have suggested that additives in drinking water, either technically or in terms of no essential nutrients. State health departments should carry out the correlation between drinking water and basic research, according to the additives in drinking water re-assessment of security risks, strict stop grandstanding, mislead consumers situation.

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deputies said the proposed ban of artificial mineral water for drinking is hazardous to health

Yesterday, the National People's Congress, Shiyan Municipal Party Committee Secretary Chen Tian will submit recommendations to the National People's Congress, said that adding food additives in drinking water may damage people's health, proposed to be prohibited.

Chen Tian would say, in the domestic water market, is currently the most typical food additives added products in various brands of "mineral water." These products are generally city water for the water, made of pure water, and then add potassium chloride, magnesium sulfate, sodium chloride and other additives and made 2-3.

He said that research he learned that some manufacturers claim to add a food additive is intended to "regulate the taste of pure water", and its real purpose is for economic benefits to the so-called "mineral water" in the name of the grandstanding, to attract consumers, and baseless "beneficial to human health" misleading publicity. He said that 80%of the mineral water market is made of artificial food additives added.

Chen Tian would think that, in drinking water without the need to add food additives. He suggested that food additives added to drinking water, healthy relationship with the residents, organized by the national health administration department specific risk assessment. Prior to prohibit this practice.

concern is that, last year, the NPC, deputies have made the same recommendations in Jilin Province.

It is understood that the general prohibition of the developed countries or in drinking water very carefully add any food additive, the United States "Code of Federal Regulations," 21 clearly defined in Chapter 165, Add in the drinking water ban any food additive. The European Commission also requires that all food additives must be placed under permanent observation, with the emergence of new technologies to re-use of food additives evaluated.

National People's Congress, Wuhan University School of Public Health Dean Mao Zongfu that the current drinking water is a more feasible long-term risk assessment of food additives, and related standards changes. (Yang Lei)

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