Shanghai restaurants were punished for adding gold foil to sushi. Is the gold foil added in sushi restaurant edible?

Shanghai restaurants were punished for adding gold foil to sushi. Is the gold foil added in sushi restaurant edible? Let's discuss this problem below, hoping that these contents can help friends in need.

Gold foil chocolate, gold foil ice cream, gold foil birthday cake ... for beauty and vanity, gold foil is suddenly added to food. Then can I bring gold foil? Is it reasonable and legal to add gold foil to food?

2002 1 August 12, Changning District Market Supervision Bureau found1bottle of gold foil that had been opened and was in use on the bar counter of the restaurant kitchen. Upon verification, the parties concerned bought two bottles of gold foil from a store in Taobao on May 30th, 20021year, and from June 2nd, 20021year, they used gold foil as food raw material, added it and applied it to the production of the dish "Roast Beef Sushi Shop", and sold it in 48 yuan at the price of RMB 48 yuan per serving. From June 2, 2002/kloc-0 to the time of the crime, the party concerned * * * produced and sold 22 copies of "roast beef sushi restaurant"/kloc-0, with a total market sales quota of * * * 5,856 yuan and illegal income of 5,856 yuan.

Gold foil is neither a raw material for food production nor a food additive, so it is strictly prohibited to add it to food. The personal behavior of the parties involved in the production and marketing of gold foil food violates the requirements of Item (1) of Article 34 of the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on prohibiting the production and marketing of the following foods, food additives and food-related products: (1) Foods produced using non-food raw materials or using compounds other than food additives and other ingredients that may be harmful to health, or foods produced using purchased foods as raw materials.

According to the requirements of Item (1) of Paragraph 1 of Article 123 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law, Changning District Market Supervision Bureau imposed administrative punishment on the parties concerned according to the law.

Gold foil was completely banned from being added to food by the former Ministry of Health as early as 200 1. Therefore, when many customers go out, they should strengthen the concept of self-protection, beware of food safety hazards, and don't eat risky or unfamiliar foods, especially foods that are completely banned in China. If gold foil or other unknown ingredients are found in food, stop taking it immediately and report the situation to the sales market supervision agency.