The components of the Xiaomi Multifunctional Rice Cooker 4L that come into contact with food are made of materials that comply with food hygiene standards. You can feel free to use it.
It is normal for the new rice cooker to have a slight plastic smell during the unboxing process. Plastic products and packaging materials usually have some plastic odor due to their own material and other factors. After storing the rice cooker in the sealed space of the packaging for a period of time, the odor will gather and the smell will be more noticeable when opening the box for the first time. This will not affect normal usage, and boiling it with hot water several times can effectively remove this plastic smell.
In the meantime, during the cooking process, the hot steam is emitted through plastic components such as the steam valve and the steam outlet on the top cover, which will bring out some plastic odors. This is a normal phenomenon, and boiling it with hot water several times can effectively remove this plastic smell. This odor will not enter the rice, so please feel free to use it.