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    How can I eat meat with confidence? Teach you 3 tricks to avoid germ pork.

    • Last Update: 2020-09-28
    • Source: Internet
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    Original title: Britain suspects imported pork carries hepatitis virus, how to eat meat with confidence?
    "poisonous eggs" in Europe has not subsided, and more recently there has been more "explosive" news in the UK: Public Health England has found that "sausages and ham sold in supermarkets can cause hepatitis E". Under pressure from public opinion, the Public Health Agency announced that the "x supermarket" is the UK's largest supermarket chain TESCO. News also claimed that imported pork could infect between 150,000 and 200,000 Britons a year with the hepatitis E virus, which has caused a huge stir on social media. So, how should our people view this incident and how to stay away from the problem pork?
    uk health department: suspected pork with the virus came from imports
    UK health department's judgment came from epidemiological investigations, which tracked the lives of 60 people with hepatitis E. None of the 60 patients had been abroad (so the possibility of contracting a disease abroad was ruled out), but all had eaten pork sausages or ham sold by TESCO.
    addition, British health authorities have not detected hepatitis virus in pork produced in the UK, so they suspect that pork with the virus comes from imports such as the Netherlands and Germany.
    , there are still some doubts about the incident. First, 60 patients had eaten TESCO sausages and ham, and from a source-traced perspective, TESCO's sausages and hams were "very suspected." But this is not direct evidence, after all. The sausages and hams of TESCO, as well as the ingredients used, should then be tested. If the hepatitis E virus is detected, a final conviction can be made. Second, as a spokesman for the UK health sector has pointed out, the risk of contracting hepatitis E virus is low with the use of well-heated pork and pork products. Ham and sausages, on the other end of the day, should be fully heated before they can be eaten, in line with what the spokesman called a "low risk of infection."
    WHO: Hepatitis E virus infection is rare
    so what is hepatitis E? Hepatitis E is a disease caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections that begin with low fever, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, the most severe of which can lead to liver and brain damage, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) website. Hepatitis E is usually self-limiting.
    Hepatitis E virus has 4 genotypes, transmitted through the feces channel, type 1 and type 2 only infect people, poor sanitation in developing countries are high-risk areas, mainly through fecal contaminated drinking water transmission;
    year, about 22 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis E virus, leading to hepatitis symptoms in 3.3 million people. At the public health level, measures to combat hepatitis E infection are "guaranteed drinking water hygiene standards" and "proper disposal of faeces". At the individual level, measures to combat hepatitis E infection include maintaining good hygiene practices, avoiding drinking unsalted water and ice, and adhering to proper food handling procedures.
    UK health authorities claim that "imported pork can cause between 150,000 and 200,000 people to be infected with hepatitis E virus each year", while the WHO notes that "it is rare for people with type 3 and type 4 infections to infect animals such as pigs". If the claims of the UK health sector are true, they are at a different level than WHO's summary. In the end, further research and summary of authoritative data are needed.
    is also an important importer of pork
    Chinese consumers may be more concerned about whether we will be affected? Although China is the world's largest producer of pork, it still doesn't produce enough pork.
    is Europe's largest producer of pork and also exports pork to China. In 2016, China imported 344,000 tons of German pork. The UK also exports pork to China, which in 2014 overtook Germany as the uk's largest importer of pork, according to the Ministry of Commerce, after health authorities said the hepatitis virus had not been detected in pork produced from the UK.
    , a large number of pigs in China come from small-scale farming, the level of health control is not high. And infected with hepatitis E virus, pigs will not get sick, will not cause attention, may not have been tested. Therefore, the British incident can serve as a wake-up call, the Chinese authorities may need to carry out a certain amount of spot checks, there is a problem rectification, no problem can also give the public peace of mind.
    3 tricks to avoid germ pork
    based on the information currently disclosed, the likelihood of eating pork problems is still very small. Not only for hepatitis E virus, in fact, but also for a variety of possible germs, we should pay attention to the following points:
    1. From the formal channels to buy ingredients, especially poultry products. The supply of regular supermarkets can be traced back, generally from the farm to the shelf process of better security.
    . Pay attention to the kitchen, refrigerator and cooking process hygiene, as much as possible "a small number of times" to buy ingredients, reduce storage time, not to be greedy for cheap and hoarding ingredients.
    3. Fully heated for cooked, especially poultry meat.
    in short, the events in the UK are only the beginning, and more factual evidence should follow. We can keep an eye on it, but there's no need to scare ourselves. If you buy back pork and eat it without discomfort, you don't have to worry about hepatitis E virus, and if you get sick, you should go to the doctor as soon as possible, regardless of whether it has anything to do with pork.
    / Squirrel Cloud Heartless (Cop Disinformation Expert)
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