As the Lantern Festival is approaching, in which people traditionally like to consume glutinous rice balls, the quality and safety ofLantern Festival food is of paramount importance. Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau conducted random inspections on 56 batches of glutinous rice balls, and the results showed that they were all qualified.

A total of 56 samples of various types of glutinous rice balls were sampled this time, including 16 from the city’s production enterprises and 40 from supermarkets and food stores and other food business enterprises. The samples involved many brands produced by enterprises in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangdong, Henan, Sichuan and other places, such as "Qiaojiazha", "Shen Dacheng", "Qingmei", "Miss", "Jiatianxia" and "Wanchai Wharf". The peroxide value, lead, sodium saccharin and other indicators of all samples were tested, and the results showed that all 56 samples met the food safety standards, and the pass rate was 100%.