Question over food safety
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Jun 24, 2010 - ST Forum
Question over food safety
WHEN my family and I have dined out - be it in a foodcourt or a restaurant - we have noticed plastic utensils are widely used. Sometimes, plastic containers are used to cook food.
On one occasion, the food handler told us he cooked eggs in a microwave oven in a plastic container first before transferring them to a warmer.
Recent studies have shown that bisphenol-A (BPA), which is used primarily to make plastics, has physiological effects on humans similar to those produced by oestrogen, and this may be harmful, especially to babies. Another large study has linked BPA to diabetes and heart disease in adults.
Is the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority re-evaluating the use of plastic, especially in cooking?
Kuan Weng Chi
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Disposable plastic utensils are used too sparing in most food courts and hawker centres.
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if he's so worried, don't eat out lah!!
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Maybe the writer could suggest using stainless steel ware in a microwave.
Please don't try that at home kids. -
Seven eleven is weird. The twig used to take the dim sum is dirty. They din replace it with a clean one.