Can imported cold chain food be eaten with confidence?

Recently, the positive detection rate of imported cold chain foods has increased significantly

Imported cold chain food has repeatedly become a "minefield".

One question: Why do imported cold chain foods become "minefields" so often?

On November 7th, the outer packaging specimens of pig elbow imported from Germany and imported frozen hairtail from India tested positive for the nucleic acid of the new crown virus; on the 11th, the nucleic acid test results of a smear sample of halibut outer packaging in Jinghai District, Tianjin It was positive; on the 12th, a mixed sample of a frozen wholesale market in Jinnan District of Tianjin found a positive test for the new coronavirus nucleic acid.

Li Ning, deputy director of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, believes that foreign countries are in a period of outbreak of the new crown epidemic, and cold chain food and outer packaging are very likely to become carriers of the new crown virus during cross-border transportation

Recently, various departments and localities have increased the detection and random inspection of imported cold chain food and its outer packaging for the new coronavirus nucleic acid.

"This also shows that the measures taken by our country to strengthen physical defense are effective

Second question: Can imported cold chain food be eaten?

"Can imported fresh food be eaten?" In the face of frequent positive tests of imported cold chain foods, this issue has become the focus of many people's attention

"At present, there is no infection caused by direct consumption of these cold chain foods

Zhang Liubo introduced that safe and effective disinfection of the surface of the outer packaging of imported cold chain food can achieve the inactivation of the new coronary pneumonia virus, and then contact the surface after disinfection

Li Ning added that the cooking process should also be kept clean, use safe water and raw materials, separate raw and cooked, cooked and cooked thoroughly, and maintain a safe food temperature

Three questions: How to fully disinfect imported cold chain food?

The State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Comprehensive Team recently issued the "Work Plan for Preventive and Comprehensive Disinfection of Imported Cold Chain Foods", which requires the implementation of preventive and comprehensive disinfection treatment before imported cold chain food comes into contact with people in China for the first time

Accordingly, the General Administration of Customs has made specific arrangements for the preventive disinfection of imported cold chain food at the port link, including clarifying the work requirements, operating procedures, disinfection technical specifications and supporting supervision measures for the preventive disinfection at the port link

According to Bi Kexin, director of the Import and Export Food Safety Bureau of the General Administration of Customs, since the release of the plan, as of 24:00 on the 24th, the port link preventive disinfection of imported cold chain food packaging has accumulated more than 1.

Compared with conventional disinfection, low-temperature disinfection of imported cold chain food is more difficult

Fourth question: What should the public do after being exposed to imported cold chain foods?

Disinfect first, wash hands later, prevent splashing, check surroundings, wash at high temperature, and quickly treat

Zhang Liubo reminded that when the public comes into contact with imported cold chain food, they should first disinfect the surface of the outer packaging, and then clean and disinfect their hands

"When purchasing fresh ingredients, avoid touching the mouth, eyes, and nose with dirty hands
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" Li Ning introduced that from the epidemiological traceability analysis, infected people are at a high risk of repeated exposure to imported cold-chain food packaging in a specific environment.
populations, such as porters and so on
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Question 5: How to supervise the imported cold chain foods entering the market?

Many people are worried that the virus will spread through the chain of imported cold chain food into the market? Chen Di, the market inspection commissioner of the Food Operation Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said that the regulatory authorities will focus on five measures: first, timely conduct market risk investigation; second, supervise food producers and operators to implement the main responsibilities; third, continue to strengthen daily supervision ; The fourth is to implement preventive disinfection measures; the fifth is to promote the construction of a traceability platform
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Since October 30, the Tianjin Cold Chain Food Traceability Platform has been fully operational
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Consumers can learn about the country/region of origin, upstream companies (importers), inspection and quarantine certificates and other information by scanning the electronic traceability source code on the outer packaging of the product or the container
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"Summing up the experience of the past 11 months, we are confident to prevent a recurrence of the epidemic
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" Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , said that in the face of the future large flow of people during the Spring Festival, as long as there are no infected people in the population, no major occurrence Of the epidemic
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(Xinhua News Agency reporters Peng Yunjia, Mu Tiecheng, Li Yating)