Actual situation of using of borax and color additives in some traditional food products in Ha Tay

A cross-sectional study on actual situation of using of borax and colour additive in 390 traditional food samples (Lean pork paste, roast pork, fermented pork roll, noodles, green rice flake cake, pyramidal rice dumpling) has been conducted in Ha Tay province during 2002-2003. The results have shown that 95.2% of lean pork paste sample, 79.3% of fermented pork roll, 10.9% of noodles, 60.0% of cake samples were found with borax-an unpermitted chemical in food. Color additive was found in almost examined samples