How to be 'safe on the tip of your tongue' on imported frozen food？What problems do people need to pay attention to when selecting and disposing of these foods？Xinhua News Agency reporter conducted an investigation。
Cold chain transport imported seafoodWhy so many "hit"？
Ms. Yang, who lives in Haidian District, Beijing, loves to eat seafood. Ms. Yang does not buy less imported seafood online on weekdays。However, recently she did not dare to buy, "from time to time to see imported seafood packaging samples such as positive news of the new coronavirus nucleic acid, a little worried.。”
Ms Yang's concerns are universal。7Since October, there have been several cases of imported food packaging testing positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid。
比如，7月10On the same day, the General Administration of Customs notified by Ecuador3Frozen South American white shrimp produced by a company1A container wall sample and5One of the packaged samples tested positive for COVID-19 nucleic acid。8月13The city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province,1A surface sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil has tested positive for COVID-19 nucleic acid。
From the situation that has been made public, most of the imported food that is "recruited" comes from South America, and it is mainly seafood。Many people in the industry have noticed that these seafood and meat across the sea involve a widely used food preservation technology - cold chain。
Many people in the industry believe that in the relatively low temperature cold chain transport, the new coronavirus can maintain longer activity。
It is worth mentioning that there is currently no evidence that the cold chain can "produce" viruses。Where the new coronavirus on the packaging of imported food comes from still needs scientific research and identification。
It is to note the potential import risk of the novel coronavirus associated with cold chain transportation that relevant departments and localities in China have taken targeted measures。
The General Administration of Customs has made it clear that it will further strengthen the rightImported cold chain foodThe source control, strict port inspection and quarantine, to ensure import and export food safety。
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The relevant person in charge of the Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision Bureau said that Zhejiang6Launched the province's cold chain food traceability system in October, using the "cold chain food traceability source code" to achieve closed-loop traceability management from the first station of the supply chain to the smallest packaging in the consumption link。By scanning the code, consumers can know the product information of imported and out-of-province cold chain food purchased or eaten。
Major e-commerce companies are also taking action。Jingdong Retail Group7FRESHTang Yishen, general manager of the fresh business Department, told reporters that Jingdong Fresh has equipped an "ID card" for each cold chain commodity sold on the platform, so that the whole process of the circulation link can be traced and the safety of imported food is built。
"Purchase, transportation, storage, marketing, food" the whole chain of prevention and control protection
At present, the epidemic is still spreading around the world。For imported frozen food, there is no need to worry too much, but must not relax their vigilance, under the normal epidemic prevention and control, to do a good job in the "purchase, transportation, storage, sales, food"。
To do a good job of joint prevention and control, we must first do a good job of source control。The General Administration of Customs has recently issued a number of announcements, either suspending some overseas enterprises to export related food to China, or some countries and enterprises take the initiative to suspend exports of related products to China due to the epidemic。
Industry insiders said that the General Administration of Customs plays a "first pass" role in protecting the health and safety of imported food and has done a lot of work, and should continue to strictly supervise and strengthen communication with relevant countries and regions。
For the market supervision department, it is necessary to take relevant risk control measures in a timely manner, such as the suspension of the sale, the removal of the sale, the recall of the recall, and the disposal of the disposal。
Chen Junshi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and general consultant of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, believes that each department has specialized in the industry and focused on the business, in order to achieve a common goal, it is necessary to perform their duties, but also to cooperate sincerely and leave no regulatory dead corners。
Imported food operators should better implement the main responsibility, strictly implement the purchase inspection, claim tickets, personnel health management system, strictly implement the processing and production specifications, and related cleaning and disinfection requirements。
The majority of consumers should also pay attention to protection when purchasing and disposing of imported frozen food。Industry insiders suggest that the purchase, disposal of imported frozen food as far as possible to avoid direct contact with hands;Pay attention to separate raw and cooked food;Disinfect the outer packaging of imported food with alcohol after thawing;Do not touch the mouth, nose and eyes when cleaning;Fresh produce is thoroughly cooked and eaten。
Frozen food scandal hits diners？Don't panic. You don't have to eat for fear of choking
Maria van Kerkerhofer, technical director of the WHO's health emergencies programme, said at a recent press conference that China had tested "hundreds of thousands" of imported food bags and found "very, very few, very low levels.10A "positive result。
In other words, the proportion of imported frozen food that is "recruited" in China's total imported food is quite low, and it is "locked and controlled" in time.。
People are also very concerned that if frozen food is "recruited", will the diners "suffer"?？
Chen Junshi told Xinhua News Agency that the positive detection of COVID-19 nucleic acid from the outer packaging of imported frozen food can only mean that the food packaging has been contaminated by the virus, and can not point to whether the virus is still active。"Simply put, it cannot determine whether the virus is' dead 'or' alive '.。”
Who experts have also said on different occasions that there is no evidence of food transmission of the new coronavirus, and no cases have been reported due to food consumption among confirmed cases worldwide。
Both Chinese and foreign experts, including Chen Junshi and van Kelckhofer, say that even if the novel coronavirus does exist in food, it can be killed as quickly as other viruses if handled properly and cooked at high temperatures。
"For a very small number of imported frozen food packaging tested positive for the new coronavirus, we do not have to worry too much, and there is no need to give up eating for fear of choking.。Chen Junshi said, "But it needs to be reminded that good hygiene habits must be maintained.。”
Source: General Administration of Customs
Source: General Administration of Customs