A batch of niminny rice for risotto arrived

in

Ukraine .

Groats were exported from Italy.

It has exceeded the permissible level of cadmium.

As stated in the statement of the Main Department of the State Production and Consumer Service in Chernivtsi region.

It is emphasized that the rice producer is Sapori Nostrani di Giorgio Turco, Italy;

trader - WB Polska Sp.

z o. o., Poland) to Ukraine.

Recipient - BYURO VYN LLP, Kyiv.

"Dear consumers! If you find these products in circulation, notify the Main Department of the State Production and Consumer Service in the Chernivtsi region or contact the territorial departments," the agency said in a statement.

The danger of cadmium

Cadmium accumulates in the tubular bones, pancreas, spleen, but especially in the kidneys.

Its half-life from the body ranges from 10 to 30 years.

The substance has a toxic effect on the kidneys, bone and respiratory systems.

It is classified as a carcinogen dangerous to humans.

As a reminder,

 a batch of nuts from Brazil 

with a high content of aflatoxins, which cause liver cancer, was brought to Ukraine.

They have an excess of the maximum level of aflatoxins - a poisonous substance for humans and animals, which is released by some types of microscopic molds.

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