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Macaron, which is popular for its colorful and sweet flavor, has detected food poisoning bacteria and tar color that exceeds the standard value. A lot of tar coloring can cause hyperactivity.

Anshi is a reporter.

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Macaron, which is popular for snacks and gifts because of its colorful color and rich texture,

[Choi Ye-jin / college student: I tend to pick a lot of delicious things, more dazzling things, and lots of bright and colorful things.]

Consumers surveyed 21 brands of macarons sold at department stores and online, resulting in more than the reference value of tar pigments put in for coloring in two products.

Overdose by children can cause hyperactivity disorder.

The six products sold online also detected Staphylococcus aureus, the food poisoning bacterium.

However, these products are currently in the blind spot of food safety.

If you make small-scale food and sell it online, it will be classified as a snack in the 'instant sales and manufacturing process' and will not be subject to self-quality inspection.

[Hong Joon-bae / Head of Food Microbiology Department, Korea Consumer Agency: (In the case of instant sales and manufacturing) So every nine months we check to see if there is a problem with the product or not, and now macaroon products do not have such a thing, so we need these criteria now.]

Consumers are planning to advise the producers of the problem products and recommend strengthening the laws and regulations of the food service.

(Image coverage: main bum, image editing: Park Ji-in)