Vietnamese coffee powder is poisonous? Coffee powder + battery core + stone powder! The incident of coffee fraud in Vietnam

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Recently, the website of Vietnam's Youth Daily revealed that a Vietnamese coffee manufacturer mixed rotten coffee beans, battery cores, stone powder and chemicals to make coffee powder. This year alone, 3 tons of black coffee powder has flowed out of the market, a serious threat to people's health.

Vietnam is exposed to fake coffee.

Vietnam's coffee output is second only to Brazil, of which more than 90% are exported, making it the second largest coffee exporter in the world. Statistics show that Vietnam exported 25.54 million bags of raw coffee beans last year (one bag is 60 kilograms). Vietnamese coffee industry related units will hold a regular coffee exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City early next month, attracting more than 100 first-class coffee brands from home and abroad to participate in the exhibition. However, a "fraud scandal" broke out at this critical time.

The police uncovered the shocking case after receiving reports from local residents that the coffee factory might be involved in suspicious activities, Vietnam's Youth Daily reported. The black-hearted factory, located in the central province of Dak Nong, has been in operation for many years.

Vietnam is amazed at a factory that mixes rotten coffee beans, batteries and stone powder into black coffee powder.

Police found several tons of coffee powder in the factory, as well as the raw materials used in the production of coffee powder, including 35 kilograms of black powder and a bucket of about 10 kilograms of black water. Among them, black powder is believed to be made from used batteries, while black water is a battery solution for dyeing.

The police found a vat of old batteries in the factory

Vietnam is exposed that there are interests behind coffee fraud.

The manufacturer admitted violating the food safety regulations, and the boss surnamed Ruan confessed to the police that the coffee factory bought discarded coffee beans from larger manufacturers at a low price, ground them and mixed them with raw materials such as stone powder, and then "dyed black" the mixture with the black powder in the battery to make coffee powder. Behind the fraud is to reduce costs and make exorbitant profits.

The police have arrested the operator and will charge all those involved in the production of black-hearted coffee powder. The investigation agency is taking coffee samples for inspection. According to the results of the assessment, coffee manufacturers will be subject to administrative penalties or criminal liability.

The police have sent the coffee powder made of old battery cores and stone powder to be tested as evidence for prosecution.

Black-hearted coffee powder has become a mystery.

A total of 12 tons of defective coffee powder were seized during the operation. However, it is understood that 3 tons of black coffee powder has flowed out of the market this year alone.

After the food safety case was exposed, it immediately aroused the high concern of the local people. Most netizens expressed anger at the unscrupulous behavior of the operators, demanded punishment, and called on the government to attach importance to and improve the efficiency of food safety management.

According to reports, the relevant authorities have sampled and tested the finished coffee powder, and are currently investigating the whole case, while tracking down the products sold by this manufacturer. However, so far, the relevant authorities have not made any follow-up announcements on whether black-heart coffee powder is sold domestically or exported, and what brands and ways to sell it. In other words, the whereabouts of the 3000 kilograms of black-heart coffee powder that has entered the market this year remains a mystery.

Harm of Black Heart Coffee Powder

Experts say that the black substance in the battery contains highly toxic manganese dioxide and is a highly active oxidant. As long as 0.5 mg is dissolved in 1 kg of water, it is enough to poison the human body. Long-term intake of manganese dioxide may lead to brain hallucinations or even death.

Other highly toxic heavy metals commonly found in batteries, such as lead, mercury, zinc and arsenic, can also cause irreparable damage to the brain, kidneys, cardiovascular system and fertility.

"any poisoning caused by these heavy metals will have very adverse effects on health and even lead to death," experts said. "