"In my view, no hotpot restaurant in Chongqing would risk having its business closed by using the banned additives," Liu said.
Liu said although most hotpot restaurants cooked the seasonings themselves, the banned additives can barely be found in the local markets in Chongqing.
In May 2011, restaurants in the municipality were required to disclose detailed information about the additives they use in their hotpot dishes, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Local authorities also came up with intensified supervision and increased penalties for violators who used the additives.
The intensified inspection from local authorities came after a large amount of Sichuan pepper -an integral ingredient for hotpot - was found to contain additives harmful to human health.
As a major export region for hotpot seasoning in China, Chongqing has experienced steady growth in exports for the past two years.
According to statistics provided by authorities in Chongqing, the city exported more than 2,900 tons of seasonings overseas last year - up from about 1,330 the year before - to major destinations, including the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia.
Known throughout China for its unique style of hotpot, Chongqing has more than 10,000 hotpot restaurants that have opened branches in other Chinese cities, according to Xinhua.
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