Poison rice

毒大米 (dú dà mǐ): poison rice

“Poison rice” is rice that has been treated to increase its marketability. Old rice (陈米 chén mǐ, rice that has been stored for over a year) is polished, treated with chemicals, and coated with paraffin. This gives the rice a desirable translucent appearance. Unfortunately, the treated rice causes negative health effects. For more on this topic, please read Netizen: List of Toxic Foods You Need to Know.

In May of 2013 the term was widely used by netizens in the wake of a scare over rice that had been tainted with the toxic heavy metal cadmium.

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