A few days ago, the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau announced the results of the province's edible paper packaging and paper container supervision and random inspection in 2016, showing that the pass rate of paper bowls is the lowest, only 75%. A reporter from "China Consumer News" combed through the quality inspection results of edible paper packaging and paper containers by quality supervision departments at all levels across the country in recent years and found that the unqualified problems of such products mainly focus on hygiene and performance indicators, and there is a certain degree of safety. Hidden dangers.
　　
　　 The unqualified rate is as high as 70%
　　
　　 After sorting out, the reporter found that the sampling pass rate of edible paper packaging and paper container products is generally high, but there are also cases where the pass rate of some provincial spot checks is low.
　　
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　　 The results of the provincial paper container supervision spot check in 2016 announced by the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau showed that 59 batches of products from 59 paper packaging and paper container enterprises in the province were spot checked, and the overall pass rate was 83%. Among them, paper cups and paper bowls accounted for 86.4% of the total number of samples, and the pass rate of paper bowls was the lowest, only 75%.
　　
　　The unqualified items mainly include: evaporation residue, sensory indicators, permeability, compressive strength and internal pressure resistance, etc.
　　
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　　 In March 2016, the Yunnan Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau announced the results of special supervision and spot checks on the quality of paper cups and paper tableware products in the province. The results showed that 22 batches of paper bowls and paper lunch boxes from 18 manufacturers were randomly checked. After inspection, the quality of 5 batches of products was unqualified, and the detection rate of unqualified products was 22.73%. The unqualified indicators were mainly compressive strength, capacity deviation, Marks, etc.; random inspection of 22 batches of paper cups from 17 manufacturers.
　　
　　 After inspection, the quality of 16 batches of products was unqualified, and the detection rate of unqualified products was 72.73%. The unqualified indicators were mainly decolorization test, capacity deviation, and marking. The nominal trademarks of unqualified samples involve Huidayuan, Hengxingxiang, Kangyou, Haokoucui, Jiale, Shenzhou, Hongda, etc.
　　
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In the second quarter of 2016, the Liaoning Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau randomly inspected 20 batches of products produced by 14 food paper packaging container manufacturers. After inspection, one batch of products produced by 1 company was unqualified, namely: Yuhong, Shenyang City A batch of coated paper bowls at the Shuangjiang Paper and Plastic Products Processing Factory in the district were found to be unqualified for their compressive strength and leakage performance.
　　
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In June 2016, the official website of the Guizhou Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau announced the results of the 2016 food paper packaging container spot check. A total of 9 batches of food paper packaging and paper container products produced by 8 enterprises in the province were spot-checked, of which 3 were produced by 3 enterprises. The batch product quality inspection was unqualified, and the detection rate of defective products was 33.3%. The unqualified item was the compressive strength of the paper bowl sample.
　　
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　　 In 2016, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine organized a random inspection of 680 batches of paper materials-food-contact packaging materials and container products from 661 enterprises in 26 provinces, regions and cities. After testing, 642 batches of products from 623 companies were qualified, and 38 batches of products from 38 companies were unqualified. The qualified rate of spot-checked enterprises was 93.9%, and the qualified rate of products was 94.4%. The random inspection involved 51 unqualified items, including 1 coliform, 1 fluorescent substance, 1 decolorization test (water), 1 evaporation residue (4% acetic acid), and other non-migrating index items. The nominal trademarks of unqualified samples involve Xinjiehua, Yimeijia, Luhua, Sanyuan, Hubang, Xinbei, etc.
　　
　　Hidden dangers in hygiene and performance
　　
　　 A reporter from China Consumer News combed through the results of the above-mentioned spot check and found that the quality problems of edible paper packaging and paper container products mainly include two aspects: hygiene indicators and usability.

　　Han Yuming, director of the Supervision Department of the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, analyzed and pointed out that the unqualified hygienic indicators of such products are mainly manifested as the unqualified evaporation residue. Some companies have illegally added calcium carbonate, talcum powder, paraffin, liquid additives, etc. in the production process. If consumers use this paper tableware for a long time, a large number of unknown substances may enter the human body, causing harm to the body, and reducing the human body. Immunity can cause various chronic diseases such as gallstones, kidney stones, constipation and blood diseases, and even risk of cancer.
　　
　　The unqualified hygiene index is also manifested as the failure of the decolorization test. According to industry insiders, the decolorization test of paper products did not meet the standard, mainly because of the quality problems of the printing ink. In order to reduce production costs, some manufacturers use unqualified inks for pattern printing. When consumers use paper cups, the colored parts of the paper cups will come into contact with sweat on lips or hands. Unqualified inks often contain benzene and toluene, which will harm human health.
　　
　　 "National standards have clear requirements for pattern printing. Taking paper cups as an example, no printed patterns are allowed within 15 mm from the mouth of the cup and 10 mm from the bottom of the cup." Han Yuming said.

　　The unqualified items of service performance mainly include leakage performance, sensory indicators and compressive strength. Han Yuming's analysis pointed out that unqualified leakage performance and compressive strength will directly affect consumers' use; the unqualified problem of sensory indicators is mainly that the distance between the printing and the cup and the bottom of the cup does not meet the standard requirements, which may lead to consumers in the use process In direct contact with the printed part, ingestion of substances harmful to the human body.
　　
　　 Strictly investigate illegal production
　　
　　In response to the results of the supervision and random inspection of edible paper packaging and paper containers in Hubei Province in 2016, Zhou Dewen, deputy director of the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, analyzed and pointed out that there were three main reasons for these problems, namely: the company's low awareness of quality and safety, and the lack of implementation of the main responsibility; Blindly pursuing profits and unscrupulously lowering quality standards in violation of the law; some local regulatory authorities have inadequate supervision of the implementation of relevant laws, regulations, and standards by enterprises, and law enforcement is not strict, and they have not discovered timely corporate violations.
　　
　　Zhou Dewen said that the edible paper packaging and paper container industries in Hubei Province are currently in a state of overcapacity. Medium and large enterprises have certain brand and market advantages. They can reasonably control product quality and effectively manage production on the basis of ensuring certain profits. Companies can only rely on cutting corners and shoddy materials to engage in vicious price wars.
　　
　　According to Zhou Dewen, in order to comprehensively improve the quality of edible paper packaging and paper containers, the Hubei Provincial Quality Improvement Leading Group recently issued a document, starting from the comprehensive investigation of production enterprises, strictly implementing the food-related product production license system, and increasing supervision and random inspection and risk monitoring. Comprehensive deployment has been made in six aspects: strengthening quality technical services for small and medium-sized enterprises, severely cracking down on quality violations in accordance with the law, and strengthening the construction of enterprise quality and integrity. "Strive to spend about a year to effectively manage outstanding quality and safety issues, and increase the pass rate of national supervision and spot checks on product quality from 83% to more than 90%." Zhou Dewen said that the Hubei Provincial Quality Supervision Department will work with the industry and commerce, public security and other departments. Organize law enforcement forces to intensively carry out law enforcement inspections on the quality of edible paper packaging and paper containers, and severely investigate and punish violations of laws and regulations.
　　
　　Consumption Tips
　　
　　 Remember: one look, two press three smells to buy paper cups
　　
　　The Consumer Council of Hubei Province reminds consumers that when buying disposable food paper cups, they should go to regular supermarkets and stores to buy them. Pay attention to the following:

　　Take a look: Whether the identification information on the packaging is complete, whether there is a production license number and QS logo, etc. At the same time, it depends on the color of the paper cup, not too bright. Look at the paper cup against the light, without impurities. Take a photo under a fluorescent light. If the paper cup is blue under the fluorescent light, it may prove that the fluorescent agent may exceed the standard. At the same time, pay attention to whether the paper cups are produced in accordance with the new national standard, and try to choose products that indicate the GB/T27590 standard.

　　Second pressure: You can gently squeeze both sides of the cup with your hands, and you can roughly know the quality of the cup. If it is a high-quality paper cup, it is relatively hard and has a certain degree of resilience, while a poor-quality paper cup is softer after being pinched, has no resilience, and is easy to squeeze. Generally, high-quality paper cups can be filled with water for 72 hours without leakage, while the poor quality will see water in half an hour.
　　
　　 Three smells: smell the paper cup for any pungent smell, especially the smell of ink, or the smell of mold.