Formaldehyde

Are they allowed to preserve food in formaldehyde? Seems pretty poisonous.

Well, today, my mom brought home this package of japanese noodle-type things from this lady at church, and I was so excited. It came with sauce and everything! Anyway, she got it all ready and I scooped some up to eat it when I caught a whiff of it. It was very chemical-smelling. I couldn't quite place the smell, so I took a big bite, and it tasted okay. Then I remembered what the smell was. It totally beyond any doubt smelled completely and totally like formaldehyde. The unfortunate thing was that the last time I smelled formaldehyde was at the funeral home I got to visit, in the embalming room. Blech! I can't even believe they package noodles in anything that even remotely resembles formaldehyde in it's smell. It was absolutely disgusting. No more of those silly noodles for me, thanks!