How to ensure nutrition and food safety under the flood disaster?

In recent days, Henan and other places have continued to experience heavy rainfall, and serious floods have occurred in cities such as Zhengzhou.

The 2017 version of the "Flood Disaster Nutrition and Food Hygiene Technical Guide" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide") issued by the National Health Commission's Disease Prevention and Control Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide") provides people with methods and precautions to prevent food-borne diseases after floods

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The "Guide" points out that the knowledge of food hygiene, nutrition and health should be widely and in-depth carried out in the disaster-stricken areas to improve the self-protection awareness and ability of disaster victims

During a disaster, due to lack of food resources, it is easy to cause malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies

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The longest food supply that meets the minimum energy needs should not exceed seven days, and provide a variety of nutritious foods as soon as possible
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During the disaster transition period, fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, etc.
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In the case of a single food type, compound nutrient supplements can be provided
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In the process of food distribution and rationing, priority should be given to satisfying the nutritional needs of specific populations such as children, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and the elderly
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0-6 months old infants, protect, support and promote exclusive breastfeeding
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In the case of inability to breastfeed or insufficient breast milk, appropriate infant formula should be selected
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For babies over 6 months old, nutritious complementary foods should be added timely and reasonably
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Provide infants and young children with complementary food and nutritional supplements (nutrition packs)
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Children and adolescents must ensure adequate energy and protein intake, and give priority to foods with high nutrient density
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Pregnant women and lactating mothers provide fortified foods and compound nutrient supplements to ensure adequate intake of micronutrients
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The "Guide" pointed out that although China's current disaster relief and disaster response mechanisms and capabilities are constantly being improved and enhanced, sudden disaster events will still paralyze the normal food security system in the disaster area and the transportation connection between the disaster area and the outside world, resulting in an emergency lack of food resources.

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Urgently mobilize all possible means of transportation to deliver rescue food to the disaster-stricken area, and immediately set about restoring transportation links between the disaster-stricken area and the outside world, and establishing food delivery channels
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Immediately organize personnel to investigate the existing food resources and food conditions in the disaster area, and make use of them as much as possible on the premise of ensuring basic health and safety to meet the needs of the victims
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(Source/China Nutrition and Health, National Health Commission official website)