General Manager reference laboratories Food and Drug Administration Food and Drug Administration, saffron-colored material, especially from Saudi Arabia to Iran as they read quite carcinogenic The use of color and saffron powder that have a specific brand, warned.
Health Service doctor Hussein prosper in an interview with Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), on entry into the country with the arrival of pilgrims from Saudi saffron color saffron stating that fraud is one of the most common frauds, said: colors as the color of saffron from abroad and especially from Saudi Arabia by pilgrims arrived, they called Tartrazine colors (some unauthorized food coloring) that this is a saffron color instead of saffron or saffron extract to your mobile as well.
He emphasized the carcinogenic substance, said some people brought to the country as a souvenir of this material or its use in food;It is because the price is much lower than the typical saffron and saffron to color and shape. Meanwhile, not only the substance of any of the properties of saffron, but it is a very serious carcinogens. Color Tartrazine quite carcinogenic substance and its use is not recommended in any way.
Prosper addressed to the pilgrims who come to the country from Saudi Arabia, said:If they do so as a souvenir, souvenirs, this material is not a poison and should not use it.
Saffron,saffron powder that is!
Director General of the Food and Drug Administration to sell controlled substances as reference laboratories saffron powder with low prices, sometimes sold by vendors on the subway, and said: This is also a form of fraud because fraud is saffron. For example, the color of corn stigmas are then dried and sold as saffron powder. People need to know that this material does not saffron. Saffron should be completely brand and logo on it there Food and Drug Administration and Health license number to see if complaints have been able to follow it up.
Prosper also said that the smell of saffron powder is of the essence to which it is added. This is one of the fraud that takes place. Essence of substances that are added in different materials such as tea. I must say that sometimes not edible oils and so one of fraud is the use of essential oils and this discussion should be considered. Saffron packaging and brand purchased must also be approved.
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