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Centre Testing International Co., Ltd. (CTI) is the pioneer and leader in the TIC Industry which provides one-stop solutions on testing, inspection, certification, calibration, audit, training & technical services.

 

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Our service capabilties cover the upstream and downstream of the supply chain including textile and apparel,toys,electronic appliances,medical health,food...andother industries.

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Comprehensively guarantee quality and safety, promote compliance and innovation, demonstrate brand competitiveness, and achieve higher quality, healthier, safer, and greener sustainable development.

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Testing for Food Additives and Prohibited Substances

Centre Testing International Group (CTI) is capable of testing food additives and prohibited substances in various foods, including preservative, colorant, antioxidant, sweetener, bleacher, such as sorbic acid and tartrazine. Prohibited substances containing bisulfoxylate formaldehyde, Pericarpium papaveris, rhodamine, Sudan dyes. The testing method can satisfy the requirements of national standard.The food range covers ordinary processed food products such as processed grain products, pastries, vegetable products and special food categories such as edible agricultural products, Health-care Food, self-made processed food in catering.

Testing for Food Additives and Prohibited Substances

◉    Business Challenges (Service Background)

Food Safety Law clarifies that food producers should use food additives in accordance with the food safety standards on the types, scope of use and dosage of food additives;Chemical substances other than food additives and other substances that may endanger human health shall not be used in food production.

The addition of prohibited substances in food and the use of food additives beyond the range and limit will have an impact on the health and safety of consumers. Through years of technical accumulation, CTI can carry out the detection of the content of various food additives and prohibited substances in food,assist enterprises to further provide food safety level, and avoid the risk of raw material unqualified.

◉    Service Item

Proper and rational use of food additives can improve the quality of food color, aroma and taste, and extend the freshness of food raw materials and even finished products.It will have an impact on human health and safety when the use of food additives beyond the scopes and limits.

.In addition to ensure the required function of food additives, the most important thing when using it is to ensure food safety. It shall comply with GB 2760-2014 National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives and relevant regulatory requirements.

List some test items:

Preservativebenzoic acid、sorbic acid、sodium acetate、sulfur dioxide、sodium propionatecalcium propionate.

Colorant:tartrazine、sunset yellowallura red、ponceau 4R、indigotine、caramel colou rclassⅢ-ammonia process、paprika red.

Baking powderbutylated hydroxyanisole(BHA)、butylated hydroxytoluene(BHT)、tertiary butylhydroquinone(TBHQ)、ascorbic acid(vitamin C)、tea polyphenol(TP)、vitamine E.

Sweetener:acesulfame potassium、sodium cyclamate、sodium saccharin、sucralose、steviol glycosides.

Color fixativesodium nitrite、potassium nitrite、sodium nitrate、potassium nitrate.

Bleacher:sulfur dioxide、sodium metabisulphite、sodium sulfite、sodium hyposulfite、sulfur.

The good and bad of the products on the market are intermingled, and illegal traders illegally add prohibited substances for the purpose of seeking improper profits.According to relevant laws and regulations,any entity or individual is prohibited from using any chemical substance other than food additives and other substances in food that may endanger human health,and prohibited from using prohibited substances or other substances that may endanger human health in the cultivation, breeding, processing, purchase and transportation of agricultural products.

List some prohibited substances:

Test item

High-risk Product Type

Purpose of illegal addition

sibutraminephenolphthaleinephedrine

Health-care Food

Increase product efficacy

Rhodamine BSudan dyes

Chili

Improve product color

Pericarpium papaveris

CondimentHot pot seasoning

Increase aroma and improve the diarrhea caused by products

bisulfoxylate formaldehyde

Bean products

Whiteningretain freshness

Improve the tasteanticorrosion

6-benzyladenine

4-Chlorophenoxyaceticacid

Bean sprout

Promote the thickening of the embryo under bean sprouts

Borax

Meat productGrain processed products

Increase product fragility and improve food water retention

Atropine

Pork

Water-injected pig,Increase the weight of pork

Malachite green

Aquatic product

Control parasitic fungi and bacterial infections in aquatic products

Only some illegally added categories are listed.Please consult technical support for more details.

◉    Our Advantages:

Expert-level technical support and testing team, with rich experimental testing data and multilateral cooperation

With technical guidance  of the whole industry chain resources, the service covers many projects and has strong applicability.

Laboratory testing sites covering the whole country, nearby sample submission, regional directional docking.

Equipped with professional rapid inspection technical team, enter the farmers market fresh supermarket, establish a first-line food safety barrier.

 

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