What harm will food containing preservatives do to human body after eating?

People's Daily Online, Beijing, September 12 (China) On the 9th, the "Communication Meeting on Convenient Food Safety and Nutrition Media" jointly sponsored by Food Rumor Alliance and China Institute of Food Science and Technology was held in Beijing, hoping to guide the public out of the misunderstanding of food safety and eliminate false rumors. At the meeting, Kai Zhong, deputy director of the Risk Communication Department of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, delivered a speech entitled "Grieved Food Preservatives". He said there was no junk food, only unhealthy diet. There is no difference between good and bad food, and preservatives used in medicine have little to do with food preservatives. He stressed: "It is a misunderstanding to think that food preservatives are harmful. The role of food preservatives is to inhibit the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria and protect the nutrition and sensory quality of food. "

The picture shows the convenience of food safety and nutrition media communication meeting.

It is understood that "eating a bowl of instant noodles for 32 hours will not digest" is one of the most widely circulated food rumors in recent years. Shen Qun, a professor at the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University, said that the so-called "32-hour legend" was only an experiment made by American scientists in their early years to study the digestion process of processed food, so there was no rigorous scientific basis for this statement. She also stressed: "Instant noodles are one of the representatives of industrialized food, and the additives used meet the national standards and will not cause harm to the human body."

"Instant noodles are a reassuring category in China's food industry. From 20 15 to the first half of 20 16, the pass rate is over 99%. " Meng Suhe, chairman of chinese institute of food science and technology, said at the press conference. Rumours about convenience food are still circulating. Meng Suhe said that the food industry is the livelihood industry and the main battlefield of China's economic supply-side achievements. We should use the concept of social governance to unite the government, enterprises, scientific and technological circles, consumers and the media to fight together.

Sun, an academician of China Academy of Engineering, said that without food additives, there would be no modern food industry, and there was a lack of popular science propaganda and unscientific interpretation, which made food additives bear the blame for illegal addition.