Beijing News (Reporter Liao Ailing) today is disposable foam tableware day of the year has been lifted, how we use quality foam tableware? Yesterday, the report of the International Food Packaging Association released data show that 91 companies in more than 70% of enterprises in the production of mixed waste doped foam tableware.
In February last year, the National Development and Reform Commission issued Decree 21, the foam plastic dinnerware removed by the elimination of class and from last May 1 implementation.
International Food Packaging Association, tableware made of polystyrene foam, must be white granules, no odor, odor, foreign body, but the actual situation is not optimistic. In April, the Association for the production of foam plastic tableware 91 companies investigated, involving Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and other 15 provinces, of which only qualified with 21 sensory materials, accounting for only two percent. Use qualified and 50% of the waste particles mix with 47, up 51.7 percent. The full use of waste or only a very small part transparent particles, there are 23, accounting for 25.4%.
Scrap rendered as gray-black, brown, said Dong Jinshi Association Secretary.
In addition, the site should be marked words manufacturer's name, material, production date on the foam tableware bags. The random sample of 56 sample bags foam lunch boxes, labeling and information in accordance with standard all-marked correct only one bag.
Among them, the foam tableware production date marked the worst, is not marked or labeled wrong up 94.6%. International Food Packaging Association pointed out, does not mark the production date, is likely to escape regulation.
Enterprises have shown qualified by waste
As the foam tableware products are eliminated earlier, there is no relevant national standards. But the raw material is polystyrene foam tableware, so it should at least meet the molded polystyrene food packaging hygiene standards (GB9689-1988).
According to reports, GB9689-1988 fluorescence detection index is not involved in substance, etc., using this standard to detect foam tableware, even companies with the recovery of waste production, or adding a fluorescent brighteners and other illegal additives, will still show qualified , because this one does not involve detection. In accordance with existing standards, the results of business problems, but qualified, said Dong Jinshi, so that law enforcement agencies can not penalize companies.
Earlier, the International Food Packaging Association legal counsel Bai Xiaoyong National Development and Reform Commission has made a request to open foam lunch boxes after the lift of the substantial improvements in the safety and environmental protection; open product standards, access and recovery of construction.
According to reports, on April 24, said the National Development and Reform Commission reply, has asked relevant departments to do a good job based on the functions of trade access, production license management, preparation recycling system construction, environmental protection, and other aspects of law enforcement supervision, timely notification to the community and so on.
Source: News & Information Express Center