By Joe Fotalattee
According to VnExpress, on January 11, the Environmental Police Department of the Ho Chi Minh City investigated the Binh Dien market about the use of chemicals in food. They discovered that the owner and many employees were processing and subdividing nearly a ton of chemically soaked bamboo shoots.
Owners of three establishments admitted to buying chemicals from Kim Bien market. The lotus is dark and stained after a few minutes of soaking in chemicals, then it will turn white to seduce customers. Every day, these establishments sell to hundreds of customers in Ho Chi Minh City.
According to the police, the establishment owners store chemicals in dirty nylon bags and plastic cups and then hide them in garbage piles to avoid detection. At the end of January 2022, police also discovered 8 tons of chemically soaked lotus roots in Cu Chi district.