Don't worry about buying! The salt produced in Hubei does not have the new coronavirus

BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Recently, China Food Disinformation Alliance received a report from netizens that many people are afraid to buy "Hubei-made" food because of the outbreak of new crown pneumonia, fearing that food will carry the new crown virus, and rumors that the salt produced in Hubei with the virus, the local salt production enterprises have caused a certain impact.
fact, there is no scientific basis for the claim that "the salt produced in Hubei has a new crown virus".
, some Hubei agricultural and sideline products carrying the new crown virus rumors, there have been a number of experts and related institutions to dispel rumors.
21st, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak Report, giving official advice and targeted recommendations on the possibility of the spread of the new coronavirus through food.
report said that despite concerns that the new coronavirus is spread through food, especially raw animal food, so far there is no evidence that the new coronavirus can be transmitted through food.
China Food Disinformation Alliance expert group member Yan Guangfeng introduced that the current research evidence on coronavirus shows that the new coronavirus is not heat-resistant, 56 degrees C lasts 30 minutes or 60 degrees C lasts 10 minutes can make the new coronavirus inactive.
when the temperature is higher, it takes less time.
the average family and catering business can kill the virus in the cooking process, so as long as the food is cooked, do not worry about the new coronavirus.
Song Zhanjing, vice president of the China Salt Industry Association, said in an interview with the China Food Disinformation Alliance that Hubei Province is the main production area of well mineral salt in China, the production of well salt is the use of fresh water buried in the ground thousands of kilometers deep salt karst ore dissolved into salt brine, and then remove the impurities in brine, after testing to meet the standards for the production of salt brine, into the high-temperature evaporation tank for high-temperature evaporative water after the crystal is salt.
In addition, the production of well ore salt is through a closed transfer device, for sub-packing to small packets of salt, the entire production process is in a closed fully automatic device to complete the production process, so there will be no new coronavirus.
then one might worry, will the virus attach to the salt package? According to a report released by the World Health Organization, the most commonly used cleaning and disinfection measures can kill the coronavirus, and there is no evidence that the new coronavirus is any different.
even if there is a new coronavirus on the surface of food or food packaging, the amount will not be much and the survival time will not be long.
also means that washing hands after touching the surface of food or food packaging can block the spread of potential viruses.
from this point of view, whether it is "Hubei-made" salt or other food, are not "virus carriers", consumers can not worry, rest assured that Hubei "with goods."