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Advisers propose that people should have their cake and eat it, safely
From:Shine  |  2020-01-18 18:29

There should be better regulation of the emerging online cake-making and delivery business, according to a proposal by six political advisers.

The booming business is riddled with food safety hazards, the proposal said.

The brilliant colors of some cakes are produced by banned food colorings. In addition, some cakes use feathers as decorations, with the bacterial contamination hazards such adornments bring.

Some cake-makers are not licensed at all. Some have only local permits, while the cakes are sold nationwide. Some cakes are actually made by businesses nearer to cakes' destinations rather than at the licensed site.

Some platforms use delivery vehicles without proper cold storage, creating yet more dangers for consumers.

The advisers suggested a ban or restrictions on small cake manufacturing businesses using the same license of central factories and a campaign to inform consumers of the risks involved.

In 2015, the Shanghai Consumer Council tested 39 cake samples bought randomly from 20 websites. It found 10 cakes with excessive bacterial colonies,some at dangerous levels.

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