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More than 100,000 salted duck eggs suspected of being processedwith potentially poisonous industrial salt were found at a workshopin Jiangmen, Guangdong province, last week. Three workers were making salted eggs with industrial salt,according to investigators, in an apartment in a residentialcommunity in Jiangmen. Investigators also found 2 metric tons ofindustrial salt and 52,500 unprocessed eggs stored there, JiangmenDaily reported over the weekend. The investigators seized the goods and are testing the processedeggs. They are also trying to track down 50,000 salted eggs the boss saidhe had sold to agricultural produce markets in Jiangmen. However, that may prove difficult because most salted eggs sold atmarkets are unpacked and bear no brand label or production lotnumber, said Shi Chengtie of the quality and technology supervisionbureau of Jiangmen. Industrial salt costs about 800 yuan ($127) per ton, according tothe boss, who also operated a salted egg wholesale store in thecommunity and is under investigation. Salt meant for consumption,in contrast, sells for up to 1,400 yuan per ton. The boss did not have a permit for processing eggs, according toinvestigators. It remains as yet unknown how he acquired industrialsalt, which is sold only to properly licensed industrialbusinesses, said Liu Lijie, an official with the salt bureau ofJiangmen. The three workers said they were not aware that they were usingindustrial salt or that industrial salt is prohibited in foodprocessing. They said that they occasionally ate the salted eggsthey made. Industrial salt contains poisonous nitrite and may have harmfulsubstances such as lead and arsenic, according to the website ofGuangdong Salt Industry. Eating industrial salt can cause dizziness, headache, fatigue,difficult breathing, vomiting, diarrhea and even death. "I always buy unpacked salted eggs in small stores. Now I guess itwould be safer to buy packaged ones in supermarkets," said a womannamed Zhang in Guangzhou. In 2006, eggs processed with industrial salt containing a largeamount of barium killed two people and poisoned more than 20 othersin Jiangxi province. Food cooked with industrial salt sold at a delicatessen in Shanghaikilled one person and poisoned 25 others in 2009. In Guangdong this year, industrial salt was found to be used in soysauce in Foshan, salted eggs in Dongguan, cooked meat in Guangzhouand preserved vegetables in Huizhou. Workshops in Beijing, Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui autonomous regionand Leshan in Sichuan province, were found this year to packageindustrial salt in edible salt bags for sale, according to mediareports. I am an expert from rexleds.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China High Power LED Floodlight , China LED Cabinet Light Fixtures, High Power LED Floodlight,and more.
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