here is which brand not to buy

Unfortunately, the news is more and more frequent announcing that the Ministry of Health has issued numerous bulletins on the withdrawal of certain batches of pasta but also of other derivatives. Major and lesser-known brands are implicated and, increasingly, the reasons are the same: chemical contamination. In the latest case highlighted by the competent authorities, suppliers did not have time to fill the shelves of supermarkets which had to immediately collect the freshly delivered pasta due to the presence of levels of ethylene oxide well above the legal limits.

The organization responsible for issuing the bulletins to warn the population of the withdrawal of a particular batch is the Ministry of Health. He is responsible for controlling the entire production chain, which is why their site is constantly updated. Each time the ministry deems it necessary to withdraw a batch, the procedure is as follows: update the site by making known the brand of the food withdrawn, the name, the batch number and especially the reasons which led to the withdrawal a walk.

Last but not least, it is indicated how consumers who have already purchased and possibly consumed the withdrawn batch should behave. If the purchase was still stored in the pantry, just go to the supermarket where the purchase took place and get a refund; if instead we have ingested food belonging to the contaminated batch, we should not panic, but pay attention to the symptoms that we do not usually perceive.

In this specific case, ethylene oxide is a substance likely to have toxic effects on the human body. Despite this, this substance is not banned in all countries and this leads to a lack of uniformity in production. The batches withdrawn for this contamination are really numerous and represent a real threat to our organism, especially in the most sensitive subjects. Ethylene oxide is increasingly used in gas form thanks to its disinfectant properties in non-European countries.

In Europe, the use of this substance is strongly prohibited and healthier pesticides are used, but which have a much higher cost. For this reason, many companies produce raw materials in countries outside the European Union and then carry out processing in countries belonging to the EU. In addition to pasta, the Ministry of Health has also detected a significant presence of ethylene oxide in other foods such as crackers and yogurts.