After finishing a meal, wiping your mouth and hands with a napkin is a must-have for most citizens. But behind this habit of emphasizing hygiene, how many people know whether the napkins that are closely related to our lives are hygienic, and what health hazards do they actually have? 
Looking at restaurants: sanitary napkins are not hygienic
At noon, the small restaurants around Wenhua Lane and Yumi Lane in the city are filled with citizens who come to dine. Due to the fact that napkins are provided free of charge by restaurants to diners, the number of napkins on the dining table keeps decreasing as people come and go. When the stained cardboard boxes on the table are empty, the shop owner will always take out a roll or stack of them in an inconspicuous corner of the restaurant where miscellaneous items are piled up and continue to be used by diners.
Yesterday (6th), the reporter visited several restaurants that operate different cuisines and found that the napkins used in these restaurants include paper towels, rolls, and stacked sheets. The thickness of the napkins used in various restaurants varies, with both regular and embossed paper on the surface. There are also differences in color, some colors turn white, and shaking vigorously can cause white powder to fall off; Some papers have some small black impurities on them. And these papers generally have an indescribable smell. According to observations by reporters, some paper may leave some crumbs on the user's face and body after being used by diners. More importantly, these napkins do not indicate the manufacturer, hygiene license number, and other product information, which inevitably raises doubts about the quality of napkins.
Market observation: The procurement channels are a bit "hanging"
In response to the current situation of the napkin market in our city, the reporter visited multiple napkin sales points in the city. In the napkin sales area of a large supermarket located on Wenhua Road in the city, the reporter saw neatly arranged various exquisitely packaged napkins on the shelves. The napkins here are roughly divided into three categories: handkerchief paper, roll paper, and bagged paper. The price of each type of paper varies from a few yuan to several tens of yuan depending on the brand and quality. "Our supermarket's napkins are aimed at ordinary citizens, so it is important to ensure the safety of the products," said the staff.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, at the wholesale point of napkins in the Second People's Market of the city, the reporter saw that there were a large number of various types of napkins packaged in transparent bags piled up in these wholesale stores. "This kind of bag costs 35 yuan, about 10 kilograms; that kind of bag costs 11 yuan, about 3 kilograms." The shopkeeper warmly greeted the customer. The reporter found that unlike supermarkets, the napkins here are not sold in packaging but by weight. According to the store owner, the paper sold in the store is mainly divided into three types: original pulp paper, semi pulp paper, and deinked paper. Original pulp paper is the most expensive, while deinked paper is the cheapest. "These napkins are mostly sent from Chengdu and mainly wholesale to some restaurants in the city," the shop owner told reporters. The reporter found that these papers do not have the same product information as supermarket napkins.
Q department: We will increase the supervision of napkins
"The products produced by napkin manufacturers must meet the corresponding national standards before they can be put on the market for circulation." The relevant person in charge of the quality supervision department in Nanchong told reporters that the napkins circulating on the market must comply with the napkin standards officially implemented on June 1, 2007.
If unqualified napkins are used for a long time, bacteria may enter the body through the user's mouth and nose, leading to gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory disorders, and excessive sensitivity of the epidermis. The health department reminds citizens to carefully check whether the product information of napkins is complete when choosing them, and to be vigilant about products that are not marked with information. At the same time, the health department has also stated that it will increase its supervision of the napkin market in our city.